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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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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07:00 AMSpecial Programming
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11:00 AM
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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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12:00 PMSpecial Programming
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04:00 PM
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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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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 PMSpecial Programming
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07:00 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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08:00 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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09:00 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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10:00 PMSpecial Programming
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11:00 PM
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#2742: Just IntonationGuitarist John Schneider and percussionist TJ Troy perform live works that draw on Asian and Near Eastern music, and on alternate forms of tuning. Schneider (also a Los Angeles radio personality) uses a guitar that features a tuneable fretboard for various types of Just Intonation. Incidentally, Lou Harrison (1917-2003) wrote ...Go to program: New Sounds
