BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Daily Schedule
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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 -
07:00 AMSpecial Programming
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08:00 AM
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Interviews with top newsmakers in politics, science, and the arts, and Will Shortz brings you the beloved Weekend Puzzle.
Go to program: Weekend Edition Sunday -
10:00 AMSpecial Programming
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11:00 AM
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The Real Steve Jobs & Hurricane Katrina in Fiction
Kurt Andersen talks with Walter Isaacson, whose landmark biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs reveals the insufferable perfectionism of the innovator. Jesmyn Ward imagines a family bracing for Hurricane Katrina in her novel Salvage the Bones. Sandra Bernhard finds her muse in Carol Channing. And we peek into the unglamorous ...
Go to program: Studio 360 -
12:00 PMSpecial Programming
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04:00 PM
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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.
Go to program: Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me! -
05:00 PM
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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.
Go to program: All Things Considered -
06:00 PMSpecial Programming
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07:00 PM
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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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08:00 PM
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Vampiric VictoryThe domination of pop culture by vampires is no false, pyrrhic victory. It's a vampiric victory over all of us who shiver in the dark, flinch at fangs, and wonder at the persuasive...Go to program: Spinning on Air
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09:00 PM
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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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10:00 PMSpecial Programming
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11:00 PM
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#2973: Words and Music
Music that mixes instrumentals with both sung and spoken text is what we'll hear on this New Sounds program. Listen to the latest from saxophonist and rabbi Greg Wall’s Later Prophets, "Ha’Orot." It combines the spiritual writings of Hebrew poet Rabbi Avraham Itzchak HaCohen Kook with Wall's blend of traditional Jewish folk and jazz. All that and more.
Go to program: New Sounds