Daily Schedule
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12:00 AM
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Politics and DiplomacyPulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch discusses The Clinton Tapes, the book that describes a late-night drunken pizza run by Boris Yeltsin. Then, we speak with two curators from the Guggenheim Museum about a new retrospective of abstract art pioneer Vasily Kandinsky. Also, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks about ...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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05:00 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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Design for Living30 Issues in 30 Days “Development Week” continues with a look at the mayor’s race and affordable housing. Democratic Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson weighs in with his proposals. Plus, the new head of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; and how designers have moved from packaging to problem-solving.Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PM
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A Lasting ImpressionToday we'll speak to three winners of this year's Lasker Awards about their groundbreaking work on leukemia. Then, Francine Prose talks about how Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most widely read -- and banned -- historical documents of the 20th century. Director Margot Benacerraf discusses why her ...Go to program: The Leonard Lopate Show
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02:00 PM
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The Cult of the Musical GeniusEveryone from Mozart to Michael Jackson has been praised by critics as a "Genius." But lately, there's a backlash over the term. Today - a week after 24 people were awarded $500,000 MacArthur "genius grants" - we look at what defines genius in music. Also: After 40 years in the ...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 Cult of the Musical GeniusEveryone from Mozart to Michael Jackson has been praised by critics as a "Genius." But lately, there's a backlash over the term. Today - a week after 24 people were awarded $500,000 MacArthur "genius grants" - we look at what defines genius in music. Also: After 40 years in the ...Go to program: Soundcheck
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11:00 PM
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#2988: The Buddhist InfluenceFor this New Sounds program, listen to Buddhist-inspired music, including new music from the elusive composer Anton Batagov who has just put a recording of his music, with chants by the leading Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader of the Kalmykia people into John Schaefer’s hands. We’ll also hear selections from the ...Go to program: New Sounds