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  • 12:00 AM
  • Do It Yourself

    On today's show: We'll find out how to make beer at home! Plus, Rozanne Gold shares some recipes and tips for celebrating New Year's Eve at home, on any budget!

  • 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
  • The Lines Are Open
    Brian Lehrer Show listeners are the guests for the final live show of 2011. The phone lines are open for your calls on how your opinion changed on any issue; what was the biggest news...
  • 12:00 PM
  • A Great Discovery

    The giant garbage patch in the Pacific ocean grows larger each year, and Captain Charles Moore, who discovered the floating mass of trash, tells how all that plastic got there and what we can do about it. Fanae Aaron and chef Marc Murphy of Landmarc explain how to get your kids to eat their vegetables. Lee Child discusses his latest crime thriller, The Affair. Plus, composer, arranger, guitarist, and producer Nile Rodgers tells about his role in shaping pop music.

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  • 02:00 PM
  • Best Live Performances of 2011

    Soundcheck continues its look back at some of this year's most memorable live in-studio performances. Today, music from sets by dubstep musician James Blake, Guatemalan singer Gaby Moreno, alt-country artist Ryan Adams, and more.

  • 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
  • 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
  • Best Live Performances of 2011

    Soundcheck continues its look back at some of this year's most memorable live in-studio performances. Today, music from sets by dubstep musician James Blake, Guatemalan singer Gaby Moreno, alt-country artist Ryan Adams, and more.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3115: Bang on a Can PCF Concert 2010, Part III

    For this edition of New Sounds, listen to more highlights from the annual new music extravaganza, recorded live this past June of 2010 at the World Financial Center.  We'll hear the concert version of "Shelter" by founding Bang on a Can composers Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, and David Lang, as performed by the new music supergroup, Signal, led by Brad Lubman.