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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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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The Road AheadHear from Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN on war, peace, and relations with the United States. Plus: more on financial reform; and a look ahead at election season.
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12:00 PM
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Great LengthsHistorian William Jelani Cobb looks at how Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination without the support of much of the established black leadership. He argues that the term "postracial" is harmful and inaccurate. Then, one man discusses the struggles he and his estranged cousin went through in order to get a kidney transplant. Also, music journalist Rob Sheffield talks about coming of age in the era of bad hair and Duran Duran. Novelist Robin Oliviera describes her new book. Plus, we'll talk to Knopf's Sonny Mehta and Paul Bogaards as they discuss why the posthumous translations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy has been such a runaway success.
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02:00 PM
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Raves RevisitedA massive rave in Los Angeles spiraled out of control last month, leading to the death of a 15-year-old girl and injuries to hundreds of others. We examine the fallout from Electric Daisy and the uncertain future of such events with LA Times pop music columnist Todd Martens. Also, young banjo maestro Frank Fairfield brings his old-school Americana style to the studio. Plus: a legal battle involving a music critic, his employer and the Cleveland Orchestra.
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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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Raves Revisited
A massive rave in Los Angeles spiraled out of control last month, leading to the death of a 15-year-old girl and injuries to hundreds of others. We examine the fallout from Electric Daisy and the uncertain future of such events with LA Times pop music columnist Todd Martens. Also, young banjo maestro Frank Fairfield brings his old-school Americana style to the studio. Plus: a legal battle involving a music critic, his employer and the Cleveland Orchestra.
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11:00 PM
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#2935: Piano PlusFor this New Sounds, listen to a whole bunch of music involving the piano, plus...electronics. Hear music by Marco Benevento, who adds circuit-bending and electronics to his piano works.
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