BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Go to program: BBC World Service
Daily Schedule
Show All Details
-
12:00 AM
-
-
05:00 AM
-
Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
Go to program: Morning Edition -
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.
Go to program: BBC World Service -
10:00 AM
-
On The BallotAll five of the minor party candidates discuss their runs for the governor’s seat in New York. Plus: the argument for why Democrats need moderates to win this November; a new educat...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show -
12:00 PM
-
The SparkSteven Johnson helps us figure out what sparks the "flash of brilliance" that leads to groundbreaking innovation—like Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and Google. Then, documentary filmmaker Sasha Waters Freyer, the writer Phillip Lopate, and Angus Johnston talk about the film “Chekhov for Children.” Two curators talk about women painters of the Hudson River School. Plus, Kevin Kelly, former executive editor of Wired magazine, discusses his brand-new view of technology and what it wants from us.
Go to program: The Leonard Lopate Show -
02:00 PM
-
Vanished Venues: Two Iconic NightclubsToday we kick off our week-long series about the rise (and fall) of great nightclubs and concerts halls that helped shape New York City's cultural life. We learn about the legacy left by the Park Avenue hangout known as Max's Kansas City. And: tales from The Bottom Line - Greenwich Village's storied cabaret-style nightclub. Plus: Rock songstress Shara Worden performs excerpts from Sarah Kirkland Snider's "Penelope" - a song cycle for the indie generation.
Go to program: Soundcheck -
03:00 PMSpecial 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.
Go to program: All Things Considered -
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.
Go to program: Marketplace -
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.
Go to program: All Things Considered -
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.
Go to program: On Point -
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.
Go to program: Tell Me More -
10:00 PM
-
Vanished Venues: Two Iconic Nightclubs
Today we kick off our week-long series about the rise (and fall) of great nightclubs and concerts halls that helped shape New York City's cultural life. We learn about the legacy left by the Park Avenue hangout known as Max's Kansas City. And: tales from The Bottom Line - Greenwich Village's storied cabaret-style nightclub. Plus: Rock songstress Shara Worden performs excerpts from Sarah Kirkland Snider's "Penelope" - a song cycle for the indie generation.
Go to program: Soundcheck -
11:00 PM
-
#2951: Global Dance MusicDance music from West Africa, from Southen Africa, from India and beyond awaits you on this New Sounds. Hear something new from Femi Kuti (son of Fela), and something from banjo player Bela Fleck's "Throw Down Your Heart," recorded on the island of Madagascar. Quite possibly there might also be Balkan brass band music from Goran Bregovic, and a bit of Angolan music by way of Brazil.
Go to program: New Sounds
