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  • 12:00 AM
  • Drug Companies, Happy Families

    Ben Goldacre uncovers some ways that drug companies mislead doctors and can harm patients. And New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler talks about how to teach kids values and how to make your families happier.

  • 02:00 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
  • Madeleine Albright; White House Press Access; Idioms
    Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks about her book on her family history and her thoughts on the Clinton-Kerry transition at the State Department. Plus: Politico's Glen...
  • 12:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 02:00 PM
  • The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

  • 03:00 PM
  • Today's Takeaway | February 21, 2013

    Sequestration Could Put Nearly One Million Defense Employees on Furlough | The Rise and Fall of Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Hagel Scuttlebutt: The Origin of a Pesky Hagel Rumor on the Hill | Should the U.S. Resume Diplomatic Relations with Iran?

  • 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
  • Investigating a strange world.

  • 09:00 PM
  • Harlem Shake; Sea Chanteys & Pirate Ballads; On An On; That Was A Hit!?!

    In This Episode: A viral video craze called the Harlem Shake has been making internet waves. It’s also created some controversy. We find out the story behind the meme.

    Plus: Producer Hal Willner joins us to discuss his latest project: Rogues Gallery, a collection of seafaring and hard-living songs. And, participants The Americans and Shilpa Ray bring some of those pirate songs to life.

    Plus: The band On An On brings their textured, anthemic sound to the studio for a Blind Date.

    And: We continue our occasional series That Was A Hit!?! with a look at the unlikely success of Candyman's 1990 single "Knockin' Boots."

  • 10:00 PM
  • Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3268: New Music from Poland

    This New Sounds is full of new music from Poland.  We’ll hear from the klezmer and Balkan-inflected jazz-ish strains of Kroke, along with “hardcore folk” from the Warsaw Village Band, whose driving fiddle and trumpets take wedding songs or Balkan Jazz and layer them with “white voice” singing (a lyrical screaming used by Polish shepherds).