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  • 12:00 AM
  • Brain Food
    Mark Bittman drops by to talk about what's changed—and what hasn't—in the year since his book Food Matters, was published. Also chefs Jorge Collazo and Bill Telepan discuss their efforts to create fresher, healthier meals in New York City Public Schools. Plus, Joshua Ferris talks about his latest novel, The ...
  • 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.

  • 06:00 AM
  • Loss for Democrats in Mass. Race

    On the one year anniversary of President Obama's inauguration, Democrats are licking their wounds after a dramatic loss in the special election for Edward Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts. The victory gives Senate Republicans the 41st vote they need to block legislation, and the Republican winner, Scott Brown, has vowed to do just that to the current bill for health care reform.

  • 07:00 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
  • Year One
    President Obama took office exactly one year ago today. David Sanger, Matt Miller and John Heilemann discuss Obama’s first year. Nate Silver breaks down what took place in the Massachusetts special election yesterday. And, it’s the beginning of year one for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. WNYC’s Bob Hennelly discusses ...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Political Perspectives
    Pollster and political commentator Douglas Schoen talks about his prescriptions for fixing our electoral system. Then, New York Times immigration reporter Nina Bernstein reveals some of the often uncounted deaths in immigration jails. And cartoonist and reporter Joe Sacco discusses his latest project—it’s an account of a forgotten crime in ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • Home Cooking, Death-Metal Style
    Stuffed cabbage can be a rather mundane dish at the dinner table – except when it's cooked by the band Anthrax. Today, chef Annick Giroux talks about her new cookbook featuring recipes from heavy metal bands. Plus: punk meets household advice in "home rockonomics." Also: Singer Dawn Landes discusses her ...
  • 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
  • Home Cooking, Death-Metal Style
    Stuffed cabbage can be a rather mundane dish at the dinner table – except when it's cooked by the band Anthrax. Today, chef Annick Giroux talks about her new cookbook featuring recipes from heavy metal bands. Plus: punk meets household advice in "home rockonomics." Also: Singer Dawn Landes discusses her ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #3028: Score One for Valgeir Sigurðsson

    Limning that boundary between chamber and classical on the one side and rock and electronica on the other, is composer/producer Valgeir Sigurðsson's score for “Draumalandið” (“Dreamland”), a documentary about the exploitation of Iceland's natural resources. Sigurðsson is probably best known for working with Bjork, but for this record, his Bedroom ...