There are problems in [Sierra Leone]. Business has fallen to its minimum. Money circulation has reduced. Workers are being sacked everyday. Our leaders continue to smuggle our diamonds and gold abroad. Development programmes are geared towards the urban areas. The soldiers continue to harass and take our property by force. ...

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A Long Sweet Visit
July 6 at 3PM on FM 93.9
John Hockenberry visits with bluesman Mose Allison and his daughter, singer Amy Allison.

Visions of Armageddon
July 13 at 3PM on FM 93.9
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And the winners are...(view a complete list here).

Listen on demand to Leonard Lopate, Soundcheck and Studio 360 interviews with cast members, playwrights and directors of this year's best of Broadway

110 in the Shade
Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical: Audra McDonald

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WNYC sneaks behind the glittering curtain of the Academy Awards and examine the actual art of movie-making. WNYC is the perfect soundtrack to the spectacle. Listen to interviews with the actors, directors, and composers responsible for some of the year’s best movies, as well as features and commentary on the ...

The winning programs of the 2006 Third Coast Festival will be heard throughout the country on the annual Third Coast Festival Broadcast airing on WNYC AM 820. Hosted by Alex Kotlowitz, the broadcast features interviews with the 2006 prize winners and highlights from the awards ceremony.

BEST DOCUMENTARY: GOLD AWARD
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Vietnam vets, Vietnamese who lived through the war, resisters and activists tell riveting, personal stories of the impact the war on their lives, work and beliefs. Hosted by WYPR's Marc Steiner, produced by Steve Elliot, Center for Emerging Media. Major funding from CPB

• Wandering Souls: A soldier returns to ...

WNYC, New York Public Radio is commemorating the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a blend of programming that includes personal stories, coverage of public events, and conversations about the legacy of that historic tragedy.

Special Live Coverage

Special live coverage of the commemoration ceremony at the former World ...

Right after September 11th there was a photography exhibit in Soho that attracted streams of New Yorkers and out of towners. It was called "Here Is New York" and was a visual remembrance of the Twin Towers and the aftermath of the attacks in Lower Manhattan. The Brooklyn Arts Council ...

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*Warning: this program contains uncensored material.

At times during the course of human history, when the last of a group, clan or tribe passes, someone would be appointed to publicly weep, remember, ...

*Warning: this program contains uncensored material.

At times during the course of human history, when the last of a group, clan or tribe passes, someone would be appointed to publicly weep, remember, and light the sacred fire for the passing of that group. This custom of "The ...

Thursday, Nov. 24 at 9AM on AM 820 and 3PM on 93.9FM
Saturday, Nov. 26 at 7AM on 93.9 FM and 4PM on AM 820
Sunday, Nov. 27 at 4PM on 93.9 FM and 1PM on AM 820

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The winning programs of the 2005 Third Coast Festival will be heard throughout the country on the annual Third Coast Festival Broadcast airing on WNYC AM 820. Hosted by Barbara Bogaev of American Public Media’s Weekend America, the broadcast features interviews with the 2005 prize winners and highlights from the ...

On August 2nd, 1939, WNYC unveiled four abstract murals painted for the station by Works Progress Administration artists Stuart Davis, John Von Wicht, Louis Schanker and Byron Browne.

Today, some of these remarkable compositions hold places of honor in New York City cultural institutions, restored to their former glory and ...

I am Amy
My name is Amy Farber. I am 35 and not ready to die.
Last December, my husband Michael and I were nearing the end of our extensive academic training. I had finished a PhD in Social Anthropology and half of law school. Michael was nearing the end ...

Philip Johnson, the innovative architect who promoted the "glass box" skyscraper and then smashed the mold with daringly nostalgic post-modernist designs, has died. He was 98.

Johnson died Tuesday night at his home in New Canaan, Conn., according to Joel S. Ehrenkranz, his lawyer. John Elderfield, a curator at the ...

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A kind of anti-sexual revolution is growing in the U.S. Teens across the country are pledging to be abstinent until marriage.

Airs Sunday January 30 at 4PM on FM 93.9 and AM 820

The Silver Ring Thing was born in the ...

Learn more about an amazing comic genius--Independent Minds: Peter Sellers is a one-hour entertainment documentary hosted by David D'Arcy.

Peter Sellers' comic genius is undeniable. His radio, television, and film work has influenced everyone from the Monty Python troupe to Mike Myers. He gave movie audiences iconic ...

In the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks, the U.S. government has embraced new tools and new powers to track the movements of people within America's borders. While headlines about increased scrutiny may seem familiar, most Americans don't know the half of it. Government and the private sector are busily ...

"Lost & Found Sound and Beyond" is the second anthology of greatest hits from the Peabody Award winning Lost & Found Sound radio series, heard over the last five years on NPR's All Things Considered. A collection of eccentric, endangered and undiscovered sounds and oral traditions, this special two-hour program ...