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  • 12:00 AM
  • Rise to the Top
    David Plouffe explains how the Obama campaign developed its unique strategies for the 2008 presidential race. Then, Frederick Wiseman discusses his latest documentary, about the Paris Opera Ballet. Also, photographer Joel Meyerowitz talks about taking pictures of the hidden pockets of wilderness in New York City. Plus, historian Niall Ferguson ...
  • 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.

  • 05:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 07:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 09:00 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.

  • 10:00 AM
  • Race to the Top
    President Obama yesterday praised Wisconsin for linking teacher pay to student performance.
  • 12:00 PM
  • Remaking the World
    Ken Auletta examines the rise of Google and how it has turned the world of traditional media on its head. Then, we take a look at the life and writings of Ayn Rand. And Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan talks about the theatrical legacy of Joe Papp. Plus, ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • Moving Props and Moving Audiences
    The best music jobs aren't on stage. Stagehands at Carnegie Hall can pull in more than $500,000 a year. Today, we look at the lucrative job of moving props. Also: New York City Opera opens its season after an off-season of drastic cuts in an effort to bring the beleaguered ...
  • 03:00 PM
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  • 04:00 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.

  • 06:30 PM
  • Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

  • 07:00 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.

  • 08:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 09:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Moving Props and Moving Audiences
    The best music jobs aren't on stage. Stagehands at Carnegie Hall can pull in more than $500,000 a year. Today, we look at the lucrative job of moving props. Also: New York City Opera opens its season after an off-season of drastic cuts in an effort to bring the beleaguered ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #3000: Dark Ambient Electronica
    For this New Sounds, we'll listen to some electronic music from Iceland by the Australian-born composer Ben Frost. Dark acoustically generated guitar and piano textures are expertly combined with electronically processed stabs and eruptions on Frost's record "By the Throat." Plus, there's ambient post-rock music from Mountains, and some of ...