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  • 12:00 AM
  • The Mind's Eye
    More than 30 million Americans are taking anti-depressants, and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg talks about what is gained—and lost—from using these often powerful medications. Then playwright David Ives and actress Nina Arianda discuss their new comedy “Venus in Fur.” Also, choreographer David Parsons stops by to talk about his company’s long ...
  • 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.

  • 05:30 AM
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  • 06:00 AM
  • Episode 4

  • 07:00 AM
  • February 12, 2010
    How to handle a recall and what you learn from listening to thousands of hours of Bin Laden tapes. Plus, does it matter that the son of the NY Times Jerusalem Bureau chief recently joined the Israel Defense Forces?
  • 08:00 AM
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  • 10:00 AM
  • For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.

  • 11:00 AM
  • 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.

  • 12:00 PM
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  • 04:00 PM
  • Valentine, Gilbert, Ansari

    This week, Valentine's Day gets a makeover. Bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert picks a winner for our Valentine Redesign Challenge.  And Studio 360 hired a husband-and-wife design team to reinvent the holiday, starting with the big red heart. And comic Aziz Ansari wants to be your heartthrob comedian celebrity crush.

  • 05:00 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.

  • 06:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 08:00 PM
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  • 09:00 PM
  • ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio. 

  • 10:00 PM
  • 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.

     

  • 11:00 PM
  • #2769: That Groove Thing
    Hear some seriously joyful noise on Steven Bernstein’s "Diaspora Suite," where collective interplay, melodic improvising, and guitar wailing combine for something exciting and free. We’ll hear music from "Diaspora Suite," along with the Vancouver-based mainly acoustic Caribbean folktronica of Silvana Kane, a Peruvian born singer, operating as Pacifika. Also, there’s ...