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  • 12:00 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.

  • 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
  • Breaking Down the Numbers

    The latest stats are out, and the unemployment rate of black Americans continues to bypass the national average. Jarrett Murphy, investigations editor for City Limits, talks about the joblessness of black men and its implications. Plus: Haitians freed from immigration jails; reported investigations of Queens politicians; the strangest job-interview questions ever; and a call-in for early adopters of the iPad.

  • 12:00 PM
  • Trying Times
    On today’s show, Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi discusses her imprisonment in Iran and how she was eventually released. Then, the great-great-great-great granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt tells us about her quirky family. And Deborah Eisenberg talks about her latest story collection. Plus, we’ll learn how other nations around the world put ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • Silence Saves
    Between iPods, cell phones, and the ever-present din of urban life, silence is a vanishing commodity. Today, we'll discuss the benefits of quiet moments, and explore how people invite excess noise into their lives. Also: Composer Missy Mazzoli plays live, backed by her chamber-rock ensemble Victoire.
  • 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
  • Silence Saves
    Between iPods, cell phones, and the ever-present din of urban life, silence is a vanishing commodity. Today, we'll discuss the benefits of quiet moments, and explore how people invite excess noise into their lives. Also: Composer Missy Mazzoli plays live, backed by her chamber-rock ensemble Victoire.
  • 11:00 PM
  • #2899: Vocal Works

    For this New Sounds, sample vocal works by the Norwegian singer/songpoet Synnøve Rognlien, some with Gregorian chant and flamenco singing. Also, listen to Anne-Lise Berntsen & Nils-Henrik Asheim, who combine Norwegian religious folksong and organ improvisation. Then there’s Gaelic soprano Nóirín Ní Riain and the monks of the Glenstal Abbey ...