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  • 12:00 AM
  • Iraqi Votes and Jesse Ventura
    On today’s show, live from Baghdad, New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid parses Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iraq. Then, we’ll talk with former Minnesota governor--and retired pro-wrestler--Jesse Ventura. And Marion Meade tells the story of the lives, work, and marriage of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney. Plus, our 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
  • Rest for the Weary
    The superintendent of a Rockland County school district has read the studies that show teenagers are sleep-deprived and wants to start high school later in the day. She talks about her plan and how it’s been received in the community. Plus, U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-17th) says he might vote ...
  • 12:00 PM
  • First Person
    Filmmaker Kristian Fraga and Marine First Lieutenant Mike Scotti talk about “Severe Clear,” the first-person account of what life was like on the front lines in Iraq. Then, Danielle Offri, an attending physician at New York’s Bellevue Hospital, tells us about some of the unique patients she has known over ...
  • 02:00 PM
  • Whistle While You Work
    Studies suggest that music can increase productivity, but some offices are enforcing silence with bans on computer speakers and iPods. Today: the clash over music in the workplace. Later: percussionist Zakir Hussain has played with India’s greatest musicians, starred in movies and launched a music label. He joins us to ...
  • 03:00 PM
  • The source for entertaining stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.

  • 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
  • Whistle While You Work
    Studies suggest that music can increase productivity, but some offices are enforcing silence with bans on computer speakers and iPods. Today: the clash over music in the workplace. Later: percussionist Zakir Hussain has played with India’s greatest musicians, starred in movies and launched a music label. He joins us to ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #3049: Hauschka's Prepared Piano

    For this New Sounds, we'll hear music from Hauschka, also known as Volker Bertelmann. He's a German composer whose indie-chamber/post-rock music revolves around the sound of the prepared piano. He'll prepare our Steinway and play live. That, and more.

    PROGRAM # 3049, with Hauschka (First aired on ...