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  • 12:00 AM
  • Food, Farming, and France
    Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and NYU nutrition professor Marion Nestle discuss the upcoming Food & Climate Summit here in New York. Then, we take a look at WWOOFing—a program that allows people to experience organic farming around the world. Plus, I Know How to Cook has been one of ...
  • 02:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 05:30 AM
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  • 07:00 AM
  • December 11, 2009
    Show Summary: climate change doubt spikes up
  • 08:00 AM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 10:00 AM
  • For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.

  • 11:00 AM
  • 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.

  • 12:00 PM
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  • 04:00 PM
  • Burton, Mamet, Ruhl

    The strange and wonderful career of the filmmaker Tim Burton ("Edward Scissorhands," "The Nightmare Before Christmas"). His life's work is now on display at New York's MoMA. Kurt sees David Mamet's new play "Race" with theater critic Hilton Als, and they discuss whether Mamet's play deserves the controversy. Plus music and stories from one of indie-folk's royalty, Rickie Lee Jones.

  • 05:00 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.

  • 06:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 08:00 PM
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  • 09:00 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. 

  • 10:00 PM
  • 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.

     

  • 11:00 PM
  • #2743: Hearing Solar Winds
    Vocalist/composer David Hykes joins New Sounds to celebrate his landmark recording with the Harmonic Choir, "Hearing Solar Winds." Hykes has mastered overtone singing known as Harmonic Chant, the skill developed by Tibetan monks and Mongolian nomads that allows them to sing low and high notes simultaneously. The one-time New York-based ...