Daily Schedule
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12:00 AM
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Ancestors and AgricultureTony Award-nominee Lynn Redgrave tells us about her one-woman play "Nightingale." Then, more young people are choosing to become farmers, and we’ll speak with Fred Kirschenmann, of the Stone Barns Center, and two young farmers about the challenges they face on their fields. And Julie Powell discusses her life after ...Go to program: The Leonard Lopate Show
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02:00 AM
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BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
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05:30 AMSpecial Programming
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07:00 AM
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08:00 AMSpecial Programming
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10:00 AM
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For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.
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11:00 AM
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The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.
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12:00 PMSpecial Programming
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02:00 PMThe Climate Race (from Marketplace)
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A special report from the Marketplace producers that gives listeners the tools and information to understand how the realities of climate change are altering our world now.
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03:00 PMThird Coast International Audio Festival
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The Third Coast International Audio Festival and PRI, bring the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the U.S. airwaves in a special two-hour program, the "2009 Third Coast Broadcast." Hosted by award-winning writer, producer, and humorist Gwen Macsai, the featured documentaries, all winners of the ninth annual TC / Richard ...
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04:00 PM
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Reitman, Kingsolver, Swell Season
Studio 360 reaches new altitudes. "Up in the Air" director Jason Reitman explains what it's like to release a film about layoffs and layovers in a time of financial hardship. Barbara Kingsolver says the flamboyant painter Frida Kahlo tried to take over her new novel The Lacuna. And the Oscar-winning songwriting duo from "Once," The Swell Season, perform live in our studio.
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05:00 PM
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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.
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06:00 PM
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Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.
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08:00 PMSpecial Programming
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09:00 PM
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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.
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10:00 PM
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Classic and contemporary short fiction read by some of the most iconic voices in today’s world of film, theater and comedy. Recorded live at Symphony Space in New York City.
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11:00 PM
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#2741: New Americans: Latin AmericaWe focus on works from Latin America, including music by Argentinian-born Osvaldo Golijov. Also, music from Brazil by pianist/composer Marcelo Zarvos and guitarist/composer Sergio Assad, along with something from composer and Teaching Artist for the Third Street Music School Settlement Raimundo Penaforte.
PROGRAM #2741, “New Americans, VI: Latin ...
Go to program: New Sounds