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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Dogged PursuitAfter 34 years as Manhattan District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau recently retired. He discusses his career, and weighs in on the trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Plus, Ron Brownstein on this week's Washington to-do list; former US figure-skating team member Katrina Hacker on Olympic-level pressure; and the Help Wanted ...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PM
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Checks and BalancesHappy President’s Day! On Today's show we're replaying some of our favorite interviews from the year. Atul Gawande explains how a simple checklist can help doctors save lives – and why so many of his colleagues have resisted using it. Also, science writer Richard Ellis on the lives of polar ...Go to program: The Leonard Lopate Show
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02:00 PM
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The Last InspirationRocker Warren Zevon, jazz saxophonist Stan Getz and hip-hop producer J. Dilla each made a final masterpiece just before the final curtain. Today: a look at musicians who created their best work while staring death in the face. Plus: Diane Birch's songs recall soul and pop of the 1960s and ...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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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.
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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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#2770: Piano WorkoutsConsidered both a percussion and a stringed instrument, and often part of the rhythm section, the piano can be responsible for many textures, depending on how it is struck, bowed, caressed, or danced upon. On this edition of New Sounds, we'll hear from Barcelona-based Francesco Tristano, who draws from both ...Go to program: New Sounds