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  • 12:00 AM
  • Boston Marathon Bombing; Personal Data and Happiness; Soprano Patricia Racette; Drought

    On today’s show: Boston Globe reporters Scott Helman and Jenna Russell describe covering last year’s Boston Marathon Bombing. John Havens explains how we can reclaim the data and information that corporations are collecting about us—and use it to improve our well-being. Soprano Patricia Racette talks about her role as Maddalena in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of "Andrea Chénier." And we’ll find out how the drought that’s hitting the Southwest and California is quickly becoming a problem for the entire country.

  • 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
  • Moral Injury; Non-Traditional Taxes; The Myth of Spoiled Children

    David Wood, senior military correspondent for the Huffington Post, discusses the concept of moral injury, and whether it may have played a role in the recent shooting at Fort Hood. Plus: an argument against the way Port Authority projects are funded; non-traditional tax questions; the myth of spoiled children; and Reuters finance blogger Felix Salmon sums up the debate surrounding high frequency trading and Michael Lewis’ new book about the tactic.   

  • 12:00 PM
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  • 03:00 PM
  • Afghans Head to Polls for First Free Election | PTSD and the Military Bureaucracy | Scarlett Johansson Takes on Science Fiction

    Jumping Over Roadblocks: Inside PTSD and the Military Bureaucracy | What's At Stake as Afghans Head to Polls for First Free Election | Will Monthly Job Numbers Help Reinstate Long-Term Unemployment Benefits? | Scarlett Johansson Takes on Science Fiction | View from the Eastern Bloc: Poland | The Takeaway TV ...

  • 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
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 09:00 PM
  • Punishing Propagandists, Covering Climate Change, and More

    A conversation with former FCC commissioner Michael J. Copps, communicating climate change to the public, and EU sanctions against Russia's chief propagandist.

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

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3425: Music for Viola

    Besides drummer jokes, there might be almost as many viola jokes tied for the lead in musical humor.  We'll put all that aside for this New Sounds program, where the viola takes center stage, not necessarily as a solo instrument in a concerto or a chamber setting.  Hear new works for viola, some for viola & electronics, and viola d'amore.  From a forthcoming record by new music champion Nadia Sirota, listen to a piece by Missy Mazzoli, "Tooth And Nail."