Randall Lane explains how he got caught up in the financial boom and how, during the financial meltdown, he lost alongside the traders he'd covered. Then, we’ll talk to a man who’s made it his mission to see 100 movies in 100 days in 100 different theaters this summer. Also, Audrey Niffenegger, the author of the bestseller The Time Traveler’s Wife discusses her latest novel. Plus, our “gurus of how-to,” Al and Larry Ubell, answer your questions about home repair!
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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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Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
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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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Home RulesIt might become illegal to rent your apartment out while you’re on vacation this summer. Hear about the pending ban on short-term apartment rentals. Plus, the July weekly series on vo...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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Hunger and History
We look into how genetically modified crops and high yields have affected our food supply in recent years. Then, retired opera singer Martina Arroyo looks back at her long distinguished career and discusses her foundation’s program for young singers. Also, a new novel about a woman who discovers a secret side of her father after his death. Plus, an update on the efforts to rebuild Haiti, six months after the devastating earthquake there. And, on Underreported, a look at what happened in the aftermath of an explosion at a BP refinery in Texas in 2005.
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We're Halfway There
2010 is only half-over, but it's already produced plenty of attention-grabbing music: a long-awaited solo debut from a beloved rapper, a post-Christian nihilist opera, and an R&B concept album about robots, just to name a few. Today, the best music of 2010 so far. Plus, live music from Barcelona dance rockers Delorean.
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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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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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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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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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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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We're Halfway There
2010 is only half-over, but it's already produced plenty of attention-grabbing music: a long-awaited solo debut from a beloved rapper, a post-Christian nihilist opera, and an R&B concept album about robots, just to name a few. Today, the best music of 2010 so far. Plus, live music from Barcelona dance rockers Delorean.
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#3094: With Composer/Guitarist John Schneider
Composer/guitarist John Schneider brings his microtonal guitars into the studio, to play his “Tombeau for Lou Harrison,” on this New Sounds. Also, there's music by Lou Harrison for just intonation guitar, inspired by the Baroque era.
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