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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Spreading Problem
NPR's Cokie Roberts on BP fallout; the likelihood of the spill reaching local shores; Afghanistan drawdown date fast approaching; and a new project to visualize census data.
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12:00 PM
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Life on the Edge
We continue our five-part series on HIV-AIDS by examining how the ethical issues surrounding the virus have and have not changed over the decades—from the ban on gay men donating blood to who should pay for life-saving treatments.
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02:00 PM
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Live from the Greene Space
Bobby McFerrin is known to astonish audiences with his four-octave range and dazzling array of vocal effects. On today's show, McFerrin performs live in WNYC's The Greene Space. The show begins with live music from boundary-hopping jazz pianist Jason Moran and his trio.
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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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Live from the Greene Space
Bobby McFerrin is known to astonish audiences with his four-octave range and dazzling array of vocal effects. On today's show, McFerrin performs live in WNYC's The Greene Space. The show begins with live music from boundary-hopping jazz pianist Jason Moran and his trio.
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11:00 PM
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#3090: Songs and Instrumentals for Big Bands
For this New Sounds, we'll hear music from the unexpected and irresistible collaboration between Richmond, VA's Fight the Big Bull (9-piece avant jazz band), and San Francisco-based songwriter/ composer/musician (with a background in hymn singing) David Karsten Daniels, "I Mean to Live Here Still."
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