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  • 12:00 AM
    The Leonard Lopate Show
  • Inside Information

    Wall Street Journal reporter Timothy Martin explains a new nutritional-scoring system being tested at grocery stores. Then, imagine what would happen if the United States ran out of phone or Social Security numbers—well, that’s exactly what's happening with IP addresses, and Tech writer Alexis Madrigal tells us what it means for the way we communicate in our Internet-driven world.  Samuel Maoz discusses writing and directing the award winning Israeli film “Lebanon.” And Please Explain is all about heat stroke!

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  • 02:00 AM
    BBC World Service
  • BBC News World Service

    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 AM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 06:00 AM
    Shifting Gears: The Retooling of the U.S. Auto Industry
  • Shifting Gears
    The Retooling of the American Auto Industry: Part I

    In this first part of Shifting Gears, host Craig Fehle examines the challenge of retraining a work force that built the US car industry. Could the midwest become one of the centers of the emerging electric auto industry; we'll check in with Bill Anderson at KCUR who has the story ...

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  • 07:00 AM
    On the Media
  • August 6, 2010
    The pursuit of leakers and the state of the Iraq media
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  • 08:00 AM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 10:00 AM
    Car Talk
  • Tom and Ray Magliozzi

    For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.

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  • 11:00 AM
    Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!

  • 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.

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  • 12:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 04:00 PM
    Studio 360
  • The Great American Reset

    This week, Studio 360 looks for ways to use the economic crisis to our advantage: think of it as the Great American Reset. In a show taped live at 2009's Aspen Ideas Festival, the writer Susan Orlean remembers the optimism of her late father, who came of age during the Depression. The band They Might Be Giants has a warning about dangerous fads. And inventor Saul Griffith explains how to get kids excited about the future again.

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  • 05:00 PM
    All Things Considered

  • 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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  • 06:00 PM
    Live from Here With Chris Thile

  • 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 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 09:00 PM
    The Moth Radio Hour
  • Sarah Jones telling a story live at The Moth.
    The Moth Radio Hour

    A severely stuttering child finds solace in speaking to animals and vows to speak for them if he grows up to find his voice. Years later we find him as the world's premier jaguar expert, having a face to face with an animal in the jungle of Belize. Plus, a ...

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  • 10:00 PM
    Selected Shorts
  • Selected Shorts

    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
    New Sounds
  • #2826: Bang on a Can Marathon 2008

    Hear excerpts from new music's biggest annual event - the 2008 edition of the annual Bang On A Can Marathon, recorded live at the World Financial Center on this edition of New Sounds.  There's music from Alarm Will Sound tackling the Beatles' Revolution #9, and perhaps a bit of post-rock pulsetronica from Dan Deacon. 

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