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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Independence DaySchool's out for the summer, but the outlook isn't sunny for local teens. Plus, the new political battleground; the genome map turns 10; balancing digital and manual labor; making th...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PM
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Reaching Out
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter discusses the current state of the mental health care in America. Then, Pam Grier talks about her life, and a career that's been filled with many memorable roles, like Jackie Brown! Also, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein talks about her novel 36 Arguments for the Existence of God. And Timothy Ferris examines the links between science and democracy.
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02:00 PM
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Something Borrowed, Something New
When a work of art crosses cultural boundaries, the result can be groundbreaking. It can also be divisive and controversial. Today: how the digital age is changing the debate over cultural appropriation. Plus: echoes of past works in contemporary film scores. Later: influential drummer and composer Paul Motian talks about breaking with a jazz tradition on his latest album. This is a repeat edition of 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 PM
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Something Borrowed, Something New
When a work of art crosses cultural boundaries, the result can be groundbreaking. It can also be divisive and controversial. Today: how the digital age is changing the debate over cultural appropriation. Plus: echoes of past works in contemporary film scores. Later: influential drummer and composer Paul Motian talks about breaking with a jazz tradition on his latest album. This is a repeat edition of Soundcheck.
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11:00 PM
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#2816: Computer Blue
Listen to a sampling of computer music, including an Icelandic tribute to an obsolete mainframe computer, and a singing Mac from the mid-80s. Hear music by Johan Johansson, inspired by the very first huge mainframe on Iceland - his Dad's. We'll hear his "IBM 1401, A User's Manual."
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