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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Afghan LatestSteve Clemons latest on the looming deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan. Plus, new plans for Atlantic City and the Meadowlands; financial literacy for teens; and c-sections ver...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show -
12:00 PM
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Taking a TollMichael Otterman discusses the devastating toll and human costs of the war in Iraq. Then, Gary Shteyngart talks about his new novel, Super Sad True Love Story. Also, writer and fisherman Paul Greenberg explores the history of the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Plus, former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler describes his appetite for destruction.
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02:00 PM
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Of Cyborgs and StarmenScience fiction has a powerful grip on popular music, from Ziggy Stardust to R&B singer's Janelle Monae's current android alter-ego. Today, we explore how the literary genre continues to shape music. Author Rick Moody, whose new novel The Four Fingers of Death involves a mission to Mars, joins us along with WNYC and WQXR host David Garland. Plus, Josh Ritter plays live from his new album So Runs the World Away, and talks about his spectacular recovery from writer's block.
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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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Of Cyborgs and Starmen
Science fiction has a powerful grip on popular music, from Ziggy Stardust to R&B singer's Janelle Monae's current android alter-ego. Today, we explore how the literary genre continues to shape music. Author Rick Moody, whose new novel The Four Fingers of Death involves a mission to Mars, joins us along with WNYC and WQXR host David Garland. Plus, Josh Ritter plays live from his new album So Runs the World Away, and talks about his spectacular recovery from writer's block.
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11:00 PM
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#2938: African RhythmsFrench pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s "African Rhythms" project features music of the pygmies of Central Africa, paired with the music of Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti and Steve Reich. We'll hear Aimard playing some of these, music by Gyorgy Ligeti, and music by Steve Reich. Plus, we'll hear some of David Lang's work "So-called Laws of Nature" and music from the Aka Pygmies as well.
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