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  • 12:00 AM
  • Life After Exoneration; "The Americans"' What's Wrong with Fraternities; Hollywood and WWII

    We’ll take a look at assistance for exonerated inmates as they make the transition back to life outside. Noah Emmerich talks about starring in the FX series, "The Americans," which just began its second season. Atlantic contributing editor Caitlin Flanagan discusses the power that college fraternities around the country have. Mark Harris describes how World War II was shaped by Hollywood and how the war changed the film industry in general, and five directors in particular.

  • 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
  • Family Meeting: Your Privacy Boundaries

    Today's two-hour show is all about privacy. Where do you draw the line with what you're willing to share with companies? With the government? Your friends and neighbors? And why? We'll talk about possible solutions to privacy dilemmas, and hear from you about sharing and power dynamics in a world where big corporations and the government know an awful lot. Deborah Estrin of Cornell NYC Tech will talk about health and your small data, and Mary Madden of Pew discusses how teens in your family talk about digital privacy. Plus: computer scientist Jaron Lanier, author of Who Owns the Future?, and Jeff Jarvis, author of Public Parts.

  • 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
  • The Crimea Crisis: Views from Moscow & Ukraine | Rep. Waxman on 40 Years in Congress | A Tale of 2000 Cities: The Housing Market and the Economy

    The Crimea Crisis: Views from Moscow & Ukraine | Rep. Waxman on 40 Years in Congress | Searching For Your Carl Sagan Stories | A Tale of 2000 Cities: The Housing Market and the Economy | China's Stake in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict

  • 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
  • ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio. 

  • 09:00 PM
  • Elijah Wood On 'Grand Piano'; Les Claypool's Duo De Twang Plays Live

    In this episode: To a generation of movie fans, actor Elijah Wood may always be Frodo. But he’s also a big music fan, which comes in handy in his new movie Grand Piano, in which he plays a famous but troubled classical pianist. He talks about faking it on the keys in the movie and about dabbling as a DJ in real life.

    And: Either as the bass player and frontman for the genre-defying band Primus or his myriad side projects, Les Claypool is known for constantly stretching the sound of what his bass guitar can do. Hear Claypool and his long time musical partner Bryan Kehoe play songs from their new collaboration under the name Duo de Twang.

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

  • 11:00 PM
  • Celebrate Mardi Gras with this Brass Band

    There's a brass band takeover of this New Sounds program; many with roots in New Orleans second line (the parading tradition originating in the 19th C.), like the Youngblood Brass Band out of Madison, WI, the Boston-based Revolutionary Snake Ensemble and the MarchFourth Marching Band from Portland, OR. From a live record, listen to the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble turn a musical lament for leader Ken Field’s late wife into a joyous explosion of traditional second line - with the often-performed hymn, “I’ll Fly Away.”