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MTA to Add More Trains ... During Off-Peak Hours
A few lucky lines will get one or two more trains an hour. The rest of the schedule is already overbooked.
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Justice Department To Expand Internal Inquiry After Top-Level Meeting With Trump
Top leaders from the Justice Department, the FBI and the intelligence community met at the White House amid a new dust-up about the FBI's use of confidential informants. -
The Eights | 1978 and the Rise of Modern Feminism
The Brian Lehrer Show
Our series on the culture wars decade by decade continues with Gail Collins discussing the rise of second-wave feminism -- and the backlash to it.
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President Trump Approves New Sanctions On Venezuela
The executive order meant to prevent the country's leaders from liquidating assets follows an election that returned Nicolas Maduro to power amid an opposition boycott and accusations of fraud. -
Foreign Investors Shrug Off Miami's Rising Sea Levels
All Things Considered
Sea-level rise is so acute in South Florida that local governments are eyeing hundreds of millions in spending to mitigate floodwaters. But wealthy foreign investors don't seem fazed. -
For Vegas Oddsmakers, Home Team's Fairy Tale Season Becomes A Frightfest
The odds of the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup hovered as high as 500-to-1 last fall. Now, the team has made the final in its first season — and some bettors stand to win big. -
The Politics Behind the State Party Conventions
The Brian Lehrer Show
NY1's Errol Louis untangles state and local politics -
Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow To Workers' Rights
All Things Considered
The high court ruled for the first time that workers may not band together to challenge violations of federal labor laws.
Arts and Culture
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Saving 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Was Business, But The Love Of It Is Real
The roller-coaster experience of watching Fox's cop comedy knocked off and then revived had a lot to do with boring business concepts. But the people who love it desperately have good reasons. -
'Cello Bae' Sheku Kanneh-Mason Wins Worldwide Fans After Royal Wedding
Watch the moving performance from 19-year-old award-winner during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. -
Ethan Hawke Stars as a Lost Pastor in 'First Reformed'
Midday on WNYC
Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke on their new film, “First Reformed,” which focuses on a pastor in upstate New York who begins to lose control after meeting an environmental activist. - Edit Bucket
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The Breeders on Sexism, Drugs, and Rock and Roll
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Twenty-five years after “Last Splash,” the band talks about the toll of drugs, and Kim Deal has a few words for Black Francis about sexism.
Tech and Media
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Obamas Sign Deal With Netflix, Form 'Higher Ground Productions'
A deal involving the former president and first lady and the streaming powerhouse has been reached. Netflix says the Obama's company will produce docu-series, documentaries and features. -
Do "Educational" Toys Actually Make Your Baby Smarter?
The Takeaway
The allure of educational toys lies in the prospect of increasing childhood intelligence during a critical time in the child's cognitive development. -
Africatown
On The Media
150 years ago, the last slaves brought to America founded a community outside of Mobile, Alabama.
Music For Your Day
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#4113: From the New Sounds Live/Ecstatic Music Festival 2018 Concerts
New Sounds
From the New Sounds Live 2018 Concert Series, Margaret Leng Tan performs a work for prepared piano & toy piano by Kelly Moran & ModernMedieval sings Julianna Barwick and Caleb Burhans. -
Watch: Eleanor Friedberger's Synthier Self-Reliance
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Self-reliant singer/songwriter Eleanor Friedberger, (Fiery Furnaces) has gone synthier and smokier on her latest, "Rebound." Hear these darkly poetic, groovy, and smoky songs, in-studio. -
Watch: Speedy Ortiz Delivers Pop Stingers For the Times
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The American band Speedy Ortiz makes pop-with-teeth, full of stinging lyrics and surprising twisted riffs. The band plays new tunes from "Twerp Verse" in-studio. -
Watch: Anbessa Orchestra Plays Ethio-Funk Straight Outta Brooklyn
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The NY-based seven-piece band Anbessa Orchestra play Ethiopian-style, horn-heavy funk, in-studio. They perform at Rockwood Music Hall tonight. -
Watch: Malian Singer Fatoumata Diawara, In-Studio
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Malian singer and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara writes songs that respect her traditional heritage with modern flair. Her latest is called "Fenfo" and she'll play songs from it in-studio.
