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  • 12:00 AM
    The Leonard Lopate Show
  • The World is a Stage

    One of America’s greatest actors, Frank Langella, tells us about his latest role on Broadway, in Terrence Rattigan’s “Man and Boy,” about how much a man will sacrifice for success. Pulitzer Prize-winner Stacy Schiff joins us for our latest Leonard Lopate Show Book Club—we’re talking about her best-selling biography of Cleopatra! James Wolcott revisits getting down and semi-dirty in 1970s New York. Plus, science writer Lone Frank tells mapping her own DNA to investigate the consequences of this new field of science.

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  • 02:00 AM
    BBC World Service
  • BBC News World Service

    BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

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  • 05:00 AM
    Morning Edition

  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

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  • 09:00 AM
    BBC World Service
  • BBC News World Service

    BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

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  • 10:00 AM
    The Brian Lehrer Show
  • Mid-term election day 2010 voting at St. Cecelia polling station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
    Public Meetings
    The Brian Lehrer Show is live in front of a studio audience with special guests to discuss Occupy Wall Street and voter participation. Former New York State Governor Eliot Spitze...
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  • 12:00 PM
    The Leonard Lopate Show
  • Mindy Kaling
    Beyond Imagination

    Political scientist Alan Wolfe on why he thinks we should pay more attention to evil in politics, and how there may in fact be a method behind acts we consider madness. Actress Mindy Kaling, the writer and co-executive producer of “The Office,” shares her observations on everything from romance to Hollywood. We’ll look at the numerous versions, spin-offs, and controversies surrounding Peter Pan, one of the most popular classics of children’s literature. We’ll find out about WQXR’s “Beethoven Awareness Month.” Plus, Simon Sebag Montefiore on his history of Jerusalem, a city that’s long been central to three faiths and is believed by some to be the site of Judgment Day.

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  • 02:00 PM
    Soundcheck
  • A still from MTV's first-ever broadcast on August 1, 1981.
    The Birth of Music Television

    MTV premiered at midnight on August 1st, 1981. The 24-hour channel ushered in the age of the music video - and gave birth to the modern video star. Today, we chart the rise of the network that brought pop stars like Michael Jackson and Madonna into America’s living rooms. Plus, a live performance from sax player and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa.

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  • 03:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 04:00 PM
    All Things Considered

  • 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.

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  • 06:30 PM
    Marketplace

  • Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

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  • 07:00 PM
    All Things Considered

  • 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.

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  • 08:00 PM
    On Point

  • 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.

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  • 09:00 PM
    Tell Me More
  • Tell Me More Michel Martin

    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.

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  • 10:00 PM
    Soundcheck
  • A still from MTV's first-ever broadcast on August 1, 1981.
    The Birth of Music Television

    MTV premiered at midnight on August 1st, 1981. The 24-hour channel ushered in the age of the music video - and gave birth to the modern video star. Today, we chart the rise of the network that brought pop stars like Michael Jackson and Madonna into America’s living rooms. Plus, a live performance from sax player and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa.

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  • 11:00 PM
    New Sounds
  • Osvaldo Golijov – La Pasión Según San Marcos (Deutsche Grammophon)
    #3095: World Music Survey

    For this New Sounds, listen to an hour of world music, beginning in the concert hall with "La Pasion," the world music-tinged setting of the Passion according to St. Mark by Argentinian-American composer Osvaldo Golijov.

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