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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Too Many Kids Go To CollegeStudent loan debt has surpassed credit card debt, unemployment for those with bachelor’s degrees is at an all-time high, and entrepreneurs like the founders of Facebook and Microsoft prove that extraordinary success is possible without it. But recent studies show that college is economically beneficial even to those whose jobs don’t require it. The debaters are Peter Thiel, Charles Murray, Vivek Wadhwa, and Henrey Bienen.
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Interviews with top newsmakers in politics, science, and the arts, and Will Shortz brings you the beloved Weekend Puzzle.
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MTV's Golden Age & Sarah Jessica Parker
Kurt Andersen talks with music journalist Craig Marks about his book on the golden age of MTV. Sarah Jessica Parker explains how she dreamed up the first reality show about fine art. And in our American Icons series, we see why the tragedy of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth ...
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The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.
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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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ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio.
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Slow ClubSlow Club is a band that takes its listeners from quiet intimacy to boisterous fun. Slow Club hails from Sheffield, England, and is essentially Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor, two ...Go to program: Spinning on Air -
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Jesse Thorn cuts through the weeds of pop culture, with irreverent comedy, in-depth interviews and a keen eye for what’s worth knowing about.
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#2978: New Music from the BerbersThere's music from North and West Africa on this New Sounds program. We'll hear a trancey and exuberant series of recordings of master musicians of Gnawa from Ouled Bambara. Also, we'll listen to the latest from the nomadic band Tinariwen from northern Mali - Saharan seven-piece Malian desert blues with twanging guitar-led fuzz and funk.
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