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  • 12:00 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
  • Tipping the Scales
    A look at the shifts in the balances of power around the state and the country, plus Senator-Elect Richard Blumenthal.  Also: the midterm in history; U.S./India economics; Olbermann's...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Making an Impression

    We're replaying some of our favorite interviews on today's show. Annie Murphy Paul explains the new field of fetal origins—which looks into how much we’re influenced by the conditions we encountered in utero. Then, James “Tappy” Wright talks about being a roadie and tour manager for some of the world's biggest music stars. Also, we'll talk about three boxes of recently discovered Spanish Civil War photos from Robert Capa and others, on view at ICP. Plus, Pulitzer Prize–winner Isabel Wilkerson chronicles the Great Migration, one of the great untold stories of American history.

  • 02:00 PM
  • Prohibition and the Jazz Age

    Between 1920 and 1933, alcohol was outlawed in the United States, but that didn't stop bootleggers from keeping the Jazz Age roaring. Today on Soundcheck, we look at Prohibition and how it contributed to the explosion of nightclub culture, shifting gender roles and the rise of a great American musical tradition. Also: Jazz piano legend Randy Weston joins us in studio to play some tunes and talk to us about his new autobiography, African Rhythms.

  • 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
  • Prohibition and the Jazz Age

    Between 1920 and 1933, alcohol was outlawed in the United States, but that didn't stop bootleggers from keeping the Jazz Age roaring. Today on Soundcheck, we look at Prohibition and how it contributed to the explosion of nightclub culture, shifting gender roles and the rise of a great American musical tradition. Also: Jazz piano legend Randy Weston joins us in studio to play some tunes and talk to us about his new autobiography, African Rhythms.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #2971: Balkan Voices

    The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices, a mid-80s recording, introduced the wider world to the plaintive, haunting sounds of Balkan singing.  We’ll hear that original recording, and hear its influence in the music of Belgian composer Nicholas Lens and the English rocker Kate Bush.