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  • 12:00 AM
  • The Election and Elvis Costello

    Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore do some wednesday morning quarterbacking on the election results. Then, Marlo Thomas discusses her family and the art of comedy. Plus we'll air Elvis Costello’s performance on Monday night at WNYC’s The Greene Space!

  • 02:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 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 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 10:00 AM
  • Throwing Their Weight Around
    A look at the wins (and losses) by candidates endorsed by Sarah Palin or Michael Bloomberg. Plus: Interpreting election exit-polling; post-election reflections from political road tri...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Craftwork

    Amy Sedaris kicks off our Cheap Craft Contest! Also, physics professor James Kakalios explains quantum mechanics in simple, easy to understand terms. And Kathy Reichs—who wrote the Bones bookstalks about Virals, her latest young adult novel. Plus, our latest Underreported segments.

    Amy Sedaris kicks off our Cheap Craft Contest! Also, physics professor James Kakalios explains quantum mechanics in simple, easy to understand terms. And Kathy Reichs-- who wrote the Bones books-- talks about Virals, her latest young adult novel. Plus, our latest Underreported segments.
  • 02:00 PM
  • Archiving Audio

    We live in a computer age, but a recent Library of Congress report cautions relying solely on digital technology to store recordings. Today, a look at how and why key sounds should be saved. Also, Jair Oliveira mixes Brazilian music with jazz on his new album. He performs live in the studio.

  • 03:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 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
    Pop & Politics with Farai Chideya
  • The New Map: America, Redrawn and Reconceived

    Immediately following the midterm elections, Chideya and guests will analyze the resulting new political map. They'll look for connections and trends, drawing on everything from the 2010 Census to themes in pop culture. Chideya and her team will also discuss what may lie ahead for politicians and private citizens alike.

  • 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
  • Archiving Audio

    We live in a computer age, but a recent Library of Congress report cautions relying solely on digital technology to store recordings. Today, a look at how and why key sounds should be saved. Also, Jair Oliveira mixes Brazilian music with jazz on his new album. He performs live in the studio.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3136: With Michael Nyman

    The eminent English composer, film maker and photographer Michael Nyman discusses his original soundtracks to silent films, his new video work, and his penchant for recycling music – his own and others’.