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  • 12:00 AM
  • Strong Foundations
    New Yorker editor David Remnick explains how President Obama has carved out his own unique place in American history. Then, Alice Waters describes how to cook food that’s sustainable – and delicious. And Ian McEwan discusses his new novel, Solar, about a scientist who may have found a way to ...
  • 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.

  • 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
  • Fiscal Follies

    The New York state budget is past due and the Comptroller says the deficit might be much worse than estimated. Hear how Governor David Paterson plans to fix the state’s fiscal crisis. Plus, the court ruling on how the internet is regulated and ‘net neutrality’; New York Times labor and workplace correspondent Steven Greenhouse on the plight of interns; and the ideas that shape the 21st century. Answer the poll - should scrabble use proper nouns?

  • 12:00 PM
  • Among Friends
    On today's show we’ll get a glimpse into how Lehman Brothers’ was undone from within. Then, Norris Church Mailer talks about her complicated 30-plus-year marriage to Norman Mailer. Also, Henri Cartier-Bresson was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, We’ll talk to his widow and to the ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • The Unhuman Voice
    The vocoder provided a robotic-sounding voice effect heard in songs by Herbie Hancock, Neil Young and many others. It even inspired today's Auto-Tune craze. Today: the story of a musical device with origins in telecommunications and Pentagon security. Plus: New York-based rapper Donwill shares a concept album about the music-nerd ...
  • 03:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 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
  • The Unhuman Voice
    The vocoder provided a robotic-sounding voice effect heard in songs by Herbie Hancock, Neil Young and many others. It even inspired today's Auto-Tune craze. Today: the story of a musical device with origins in telecommunications and Pentagon security. Plus: New York-based rapper Donwill shares a concept album about the music-nerd ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #3060: A Wand'ring Minstrel…Aye!

    Modern troubadours may not travel from court to court, but some musicians still keep the bardic tradition alive, telling stories and accompanying themselves on the harp. We’ll hear from Joanna Newsom, a contemporary songwriter whose earlier epic work made a most memorable musical narrative out of her sister teaching her ...