BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Daily Schedule
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12:00 AM
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05:00 AM
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Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
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06:00 AM
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07:00 AM
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Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
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09:00 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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10:00 AM
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Making it WorkLast week the President laid out fundamental visions for the war in Afghanistan and the war on unemployment. What’s the next step? Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) discusses why he opposes the Afghan policy. Ross Eisenbrey, Vice President of the Economic Policy Institute discusses whether there will be a jobs bill ...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PM
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Primary ChallengesWe’ll examine how Texas Governor Rick Perry is fending off a primary challenge from Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and what it means for the future of his state and the Republican Party. Then, we examine the history of dissection in American medicine. Also, world-renowned photojournalist Harry Benson discusses his long career. ...Go to program: The Leonard Lopate Show
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02:00 PM
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The Undiscovered Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong was a bundle of contradictions: a dazzling trumpeter who knocked the Beatles off the pop charts; a prolific writer and composer who was threatened by the mob. Today, Terry Teachout, author of the book Pops explains the mystery of Louis Armstrong. Also: Tenor Mark Padmore explains his love ...Go to program: Soundcheck
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03:00 PMSpecial Programming
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04:00 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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06:30 PM
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Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.
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07:00 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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08:00 PM
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A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
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09:00 PM
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Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.
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10:00 PM
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The Undiscovered Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong was a bundle of contradictions: a dazzling trumpeter who knocked the Beatles off the pop charts; a prolific writer and composer who was threatened by the mob. Today, Terry Teachout, author of the book Pops explains the mystery of Louis Armstrong. Also: Tenor Mark Padmore explains his love ...Go to program: Soundcheck
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11:00 PM
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#2856: Doctor AtomicJohn Adams' opera Doctor Atomic attempts to depict the first ever nuclear bomb test conducted by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. For this New Sounds, Adams talks with John Schaefer about filling characters' mouths with lines from the Bhagavad Gita and poet John Donne. Also, listen for more opera by John ...Go to program: New Sounds