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  • 12:00 AM
  • The Political and the Poetical
    Harry Markopolos tells us about the years he spent investigating Bernard Madoff, and how the SEC ignored all the red flags he'd raised about Madoff's Ponzi scheme. Then, William Kentridge discusses his career and the new stunning exhibit of his work at MoMA. And Chang-Rae Lee talks about his latest ...
  • 02:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 05:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 09:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 10:00 AM
  • 10 Questions That Count
    Census Home Page Launches Today!
    Stand up and be counted with the “10 Questions that Count” census project. Live from the Greene Space: a conversation co-produced with Feet in Two Worlds on what makes New Yorkers particularly hard to count. Plus: an interactive look at some surprising ...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Challenges
    Longtime political opponents Ted Olson and David Boies discuss why they've joined forces to challenge California’s Proposition 8 in court. Then, novelist Siri Hustvedt on her long quest for a diagnosis to her inexplicable seizures. Also, Lionel Shriver with her timely new novel, So Much for That. And, the Gurus ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • Something Borrowed, Something New
    When a work of art crosses cultural boundaries, the result can be groundbreaking. It can also be divisive and controversial. Today: how the digital age is changing the debate over cultural appropriation. Plus: echoes of past works in contemporary film scores. Later: influential drummer and composer Paul Motian talks about ...
  • 03:00 PM
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  • 04:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 06:30 PM
  • Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

  • 07:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 08:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 09:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Something Borrowed, Something New
    When a work of art crosses cultural boundaries, the result can be groundbreaking. It can also be divisive and controversial. Today: how the digital age is changing the debate over cultural appropriation. Plus: echoes of past works in contemporary film scores. Later: influential drummer and composer Paul Motian talks about ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #2890: New Music for Brass

    For this New Sounds, hear a bunch of new music for brass. Listen for a canon for horns by composer and theorist Larry Polansky, who weaves mathematics and psychoacoustic science throughout his music. Also, solemn outdoor music for winds and brass by Olivier Messiaen, from “L’Ascension.” Plus, cosmic music from ...