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  • 12:00 AM
  • Life with Steve Jobs; the Criminal Life and Capture of Whitey Bulger

    Chrisann Brennan talks about her relationship with Steve Jobs, which began in high school and continued after they had a child together. Donald Fagen, of the duo Steely Dan, discusses his music and new memoir. Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy discuss the astonishing criminal career of and epic manhunt for the Boston gangster Whitey Bulger.

  • 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
  • Brooke Gladstone on DHS Oversight; MTA; DNA
    Brooke Gladstone, co-host and managing editor of On The Media talks about a new program to shed light on the Department of Homeland Security (with a little help from listeners). Then,...
  • 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
  • GOP Struggles in Big City Politics | Rep. Alan Grayson: Congress Does Not Trust the NSA | Listeners' Favorite Scary Halloween Stories

    Rep. Alan Grayson: Congress Does Not Trust the NSA | After Shutdown Fiasco, What's Next for the G.O.P.?| GOP Struggles in Big City Politics | 26 Palestinian Prisoners Released by Israel | Listeners Respond: Your Favorite Scary Halloween Stories | Blood: A Social and Scientific History | Tribal America and ...

  • 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
  • Humorous, heartbreaking and true stories told live on stage. No script. No props. Just a microphone, a spotlight and room full of strangers.

  • 09:00 PM
  • House Of Horrors: A Visit To Blood Manor; American Horror Story; Blind Boys Of Alabama

    In this episode: WNYC is located across the street from one of the New York metro area’s biggest haunted houses, Blood Manor. First, we talk with the proprietors. Then, producers Katie Bishop and Mike Katzif dare to enter Blood Manor… with microphones.

    Plus: Sound design and sound effects are key ingredients in any horror film or TV show. But how do they work? We talk with Gary Megregian, sound supervisor for the creepy FX series American Horror Story: Coven.

    And: The long-running gospel quintet Blind Boys of Alabama enlisted Bon Iver's Justin Vernon to produce their new album, I'll Find A Way. The members join us for a live, in-studio performance.

  • 10:00 PM
    War of the Worlds
  • 11:00 PM
  • #3357: Global Collaborations

    This New Sounds program highlights some unexpected global collaborations- including but not limited to- Uzbeki bluegrass, musicians based in Italy who meld North African and Bollywood music, and Mardi Gras marching bands coupled with Argentinean tango flair. Listen to a Creole tango from the Boston-based Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, who regularly ride the party train down to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.