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  • 12:00 AM
  • A Lasting Impression
    Today 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 Then, Francine Prose talks about how Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most widely read -- and banned -- historical documents of the 20th century.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 ...
  • 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
  • Developing WTC
    30 Issues in 30 Days Development Week continues with an in-depth look at the World Trade Center site project. Plus, the first of three debates between the candidates in New Jersey’s governor’s race took place last night. Hear a recap and analysis from NJN reporter Zachary Fink and Star-Ledger political ...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Music and Movement
    Itzhak Perlman and his wife Toby Perlman discuss an upcoming performance of chamber music at the Metropolitan Museum. Journalist Amy Bach examines the widespread problems and failures that plague our criminal justice system. Then, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of "The Twilight Zone." Plus, our latest Please Explain is all ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • Using the 'G' Word
    In the '90s, the term "grunge" lumped together cult bands like Beat Happening and the Meat Puppets with soon-to-be superstars Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. Today, we sort through a murky genre’s punk roots and mainstream legacy, with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and photographer Michael Lavine. Later: the hyper-eclectic brass band ...
  • 03:00 PM
  • The source for entertaining stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.

  • 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
  • Using the 'G' Word
    In the '90s, the term "grunge" lumped together cult bands like Beat Happening and the Meat Puppets with soon-to-be superstars Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. Today, we sort through a murky genre’s punk roots and mainstream legacy, with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and photographer Michael Lavine. Later: the hyper-eclectic brass band ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #2829: Bang On A Can Marathon 2008, Part II
    There's more music from the 2008 edition of new music’s biggest annual party, the Bang On A Can Marathon at the World Financial Center. For this New Sounds, expect music from Caleb Burhans, who is running in multiple music circles these days, with Alarm Will Sound, and the chamber duo ...