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  • 12:00 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
  • Make It Count

    Voter registration deadlines; immigration reform and Long Island; feminism and politics; cyber-bullying and social media.

  • 12:00 PM
  • The Long Haul

    Former Vice President Walter Mondale talks politics and reveals what he's learned during his five decades in public life. Then New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark talks about her new cookbook. Also, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham discusses his latest novel, By Nightfall. Plus, Martin Fletcher, NBC’s Longtime Tel Aviv news bureau chief, discusses walking the entire coast of Israel, from Lebanon to Gaza, observing facets of the country that are often ignored in news reports.

  • 02:00 PM
  • More Than a Hi-De-Ho Man

    Cab Calloway is best known for his masterful scatting and a memorable turn in the film The Blues Brothers. But there was a lot more to the bandleader than just … “hi de ho.” We take a closer look at the life of a pioneering entertainer. Plus: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra went on strike today; we'll get an on-the-ground report. And later: Live music from the experimental pop band Menomena.

  • 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
  • More Than a Hi-De-Ho Man

    Cab Calloway is best known for his masterful scatting and a memorable turn in the film The Blues Brothers. But there was a lot more to the bandleader than just … “hi de ho.” We take a closer look at the life of a pioneering entertainer. Plus: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra went on strike today; we'll get an on-the-ground report. And later: Live music from the experimental pop band Menomena.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3123: Unusual Collaborations

    On this New Sounds program, hear music from Iraqi oud master Rahim AlHaj, in collaboration with accordion virtuoso Guy Klucevsek, from a fascinating double album of cross-cultural collaborations, called “Little Earth.”  AlHaj studied with Munir Bashir, but was also trained in Western classical music, and on this global effort was joined by folks as diverse as Cape Verde’s Maria de Barros, Bill Frisell, Peter Buck, and Mali’s Yacouba Sissoko.