BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Daily Schedule
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12:00 AM
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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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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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Tea Party TempestTea Party activists gathered in Nashville for their first convention this weekend. Glenn Reynolds, the man behind instapundit and a professor of law at the University of Tennessee, reviews the conference and talks about the future of the anti-tax movement. Plus, the rise of Obama economic adviser Paul Volcker; and ...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PM
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Fight or FlightPulitzer Prize-winning military correspondent Thomas E. Ricks gives us an update on what's happening in Iraq. Then, saxophonist David Sanborn discusses his new album, “Only Everything.” The new Harrison Ford film “Extraordinary Measures” was inspired by a true story, and we’ll talk to John Crowley about his experience trying to ...Go to program: The Leonard Lopate Show
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02:00 PM
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They Want To Be AloneEight years ago, the British pop star Sade largely vanished from the public eye. This week, she's releasing her first album in a decade. Today: a look at reclusive artists, from writer J.D. Salinger to Axl Rose. Plus: the Borromeo Quartet is using technology to propel the string quartet in ...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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This program highlights a selection of landmark sermons, speeches and broadcasts by African American orators over the past century. From Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey, to Fannie Lou Hamer and Malcolm X, to Shirley Chisholm and Julian Bond, listeners will hear the stirring words of African American figures ...
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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 PMThe Jazz Loft Project
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The Jazz Loft Radio Series
Sara Fishko and WNYC, in collaboration with partners at the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University, have built a radio series from the tapes of loft life discovered in W. Eugene Smith’s vast archive.
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11:00 PM
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#3035: Fake OrchestrasThe band name may say “Orchestra,” but the groups’ sounds are not what you’d expect. Hear Slavic folk, Latin jazz, African guitars and balafons come together in music by The Fake Orchestra. Also, listen to music from that variable group of musical friends, the Penguin Café Orchestra, along with music ...Go to program: New Sounds