Daily Schedule
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12:00 AM
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From Imploding Markets to Italian MarketsNew Yorker writer John Cassidy discusses the "logic" of economic calamities. Rana Husseini looks at honor killings around the world. And we’ll dive into the joys of Southern Italian cooking with Arthur Schwartz. Plus, Please Explain is all about eco-labels.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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November 13, 2009The dismal state of health and medical reporting on morning news shows; why the internet is not a doctor; Venezuela bans violent video gamesGo to program: On the Media
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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.
Go to program: Car Talk -
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.
Go to program: Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me! -
12:00 PMSpecial Programming
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04:00 PM
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Almodóvar, In Verse, Precious
Movies make it all better. Pedro Almodóvar says his new film "Broken Embraces" is an ode to cinema itself. Gabourey Sidibe, the star of "Precious," reflects on her life-changing role as a troubled Harlem teenager. In her Broadway show, Carrie Fisher makes peace with her career-making role as Star Wars' Princess Leia. And in the second installment of Studio 360's "In Verse" series, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey writes about the lives of two of her relatives, coping with the aftermath of Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi.
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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.
Go to program: All Things Considered -
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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#2734: New Music from West AfricaHear new music from the Tuareg band Tinariwen on this New Sounds. Fresh from opening for the Rolling Stones this past summer, the band unleashes more electric guitar-driven primal desert blues on their latest effort, "Aman Iman." Also, the Afromotive - a thundering 9-piece band from the Ivory Coast by ...Go to program: New Sounds