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  • 12:00 AM
  • Digging Beneath the Surface
    We’ll talk to filmmaker Jon Alpert about “China’s Unnatural Disaster,” his Oscar-nominated documentary about the fallout from the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan. And we’ll look into how technology has changed the lives of most librarians, and why one author thinks they remain essential in our Google-Wikipedia world. Then, John Banville ...
  • 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
  • At Odds
    In the wake of a Times story published today, Governor Paterson has suspended a top aide and called for an investigation into conduct by his security detail. WNYC's Bob Hennelly breaks down what it means. Plus: The Atlantic's James Fallows discusses the Obama health care summit; Lawrence Levy on politics ...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Bright Starr
    Law professor Ken Gormley tells us what he learned from interviewing all the participants involved in the showdown between President Bill Clinton and special prosecutor Kenneth Starr during the impeachment drama. Then our latest Underreported segments look at the alarming rate of farm foreclosures and at a recent settlement between ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • Gay Voices in Gospel
    The genre-fusing singer Tonéx was once considered the future of gospel music. Things changed when he came out of the closet. Today: our series on singers looks at sexual identity and gospel tradition. Also: the super-duo Broken Bells unites The Shins frontman James Mercer with producer Danger Mouse of Gnarls ...
  • 03:00 PM
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  • 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
  • Gay Voices in Gospel
    The genre-fusing singer Tonéx was once considered the future of gospel music. Things changed when he came out of the closet. Today: our series on singers looks at sexual identity and gospel tradition. Also: the super-duo Broken Bells unites The Shins frontman James Mercer with producer Danger Mouse of Gnarls ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #2887: Cross-Cultural Music

    For this New Sounds, we'll hear from California-based composer Bill Alves who leads the Harvey Mudd American Gamelan and writes new music for the group. Sometimes he incorporates electronics and even Japanese shakuhachi in non-traditional tunings like just intonation. Also on the show is music from Tim Ries, Rolling Stones' ...