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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End of the LinesSubway and bus riders affected by the service cutbacks share their Monday morning commuting stories, plus the latest from Albany; remaking capitalism; and Supreme Court decisions.Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show -
12:00 PM
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Threat LevelThe final edition of our five-part series AIDS: Then & Now looks at how places around the globe are coping with the HIV pandemic. Then, we’ll examine the rising popularity of crystal methamphetamine in rural America. Also, Alan Furst discusses his latest novel, Spies of the Balkans. Plus, Robert Egan how he wound up being injected with the so-called “truth serum” by North Korean agents.
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02:00 PM
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All the Good Band Names are TakenNo, seriously. We're running out of band names. The Wall Street Journal recently investigated the lack of catchy, original new band names in the age of MySpace and Google. They found that even the bassist from Led Zeppelin couldn't get his first choice for a name, Caligula, because it was taken. Also: Omara Portundo, the Latin Grammy-winning singer, and regarded as Cuba's Ella Fitzgerald, performs live in our studio. 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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All the Good Band Names are Taken
No, seriously. We're running out of band names. The Wall Street Journal recently investigated the lack of catchy, original new band names in the age of MySpace and Google. They found that even the bassist from Led Zeppelin couldn't get his first choice for a name, Caligula, because it was taken. Also: Omara Portundo, the Latin Grammy-winning singer, and regarded as Cuba's Ella Fitzgerald, performs live in our studio. This is a repeat edition of Soundcheck.
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11:00 PM
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#2927: With Terry Riley and David HarringtonTerry Riley and David Harrington join John Schaefer for this New Sounds program. Riley is the composer of "In C," the landmark 1964 work that ushered in the style known as Minimalism. Harrington is leader of the Kronos Quartet, and helped to organize the all-star, once-in-a-lifetime cast who performed "In C" last season at Carnegie Hall.
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