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  • 12:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 05:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 09:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 10:00 AM
  • Digital Prowess
    New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd discusses women in politics and the Hillary Clinton internet meme. Plus: civil rights attorney Chase Madar talks about Bradley Manning, the suspe...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Unexpected Turns

    On today's show: Eric Alterman looks at how the idea of liberalism has changed from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama. Benjamin Busch talks about his memoir Dust to Dust. Today’s installment of A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at a statue from Easter Island. Rajesh Parameswaran talks about his collection of stories, I Am an Executioner. Plus Jim Abbott discusses his remarkable baseball career—and about pitching a no-hitter—despite being born without a right hand.

  • 01:00 PM
  • Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island Statue

    From Mexico to Easter Island, the followers of many world religions used objects to become closer to their gods. Neil MacGregor finds five such devotional items.

    Read more about the Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island Statue.

  • 01:15 PM
  • Unexpected Turns

    On today's show: Eric Alterman looks at how the idea of liberalism has changed from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama. Benjamin Busch talks about his memoir Dust to Dust. Today’s installment of A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at a statue from Easter Island. Rajesh Parameswaran talks about his collection of stories, I Am an Executioner. Plus Jim Abbott discusses his remarkable baseball career—and about pitching a no-hitter—despite being born without a right hand.

  • 02:00 PM
  • Bonnie’s Blues

    From her blues albums of the 1970s to her rock hits of the ‘90s, Bonnie Raitt has been a powerful presence in the American musical landscape for more than 40 years. Today, she joins us to talk about her latest release, called “Slipstream” – her first new album in seven years. Plus, a visit from another veteran performer: Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls joins us to play songs from her new solo album, "Lung of Love."

  • 03:00 PM
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  • 04:00 PM
  • A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

  • 06:30 PM
  • Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

  • 07:00 PM
  • A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

  • 08:00 PM
  • A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.

  • 09:00 PM
  • Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Bonnie’s Blues

    From her blues albums of the 1970s to her rock hits of the ‘90s, Bonnie Raitt has been a powerful presence in the American musical landscape for more than 40 years. Today, she joins us to talk about her latest release, called “Slipstream” – her first new album in seven years. Plus, a visit from another veteran performer: Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls joins us to play songs from her new solo album, "Lung of Love."

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3326: As the World Drones

    Hear drones from across the world and recent recorded history on this New Sounds. Listen to instrumental melodies over drones, vocal melodies and vocal drones, and sometimes the drone of the Earth.  To that end, there's music from guitarist John Abercrombie, something from the band Ergo, and a piece from Norwegian saxophone player Jan Garbarek accompanied by a wind harp.  All that and more.