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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12:00 AM
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05:00 AM
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Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
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09:00 AM
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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.
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10:00 AM
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American Dreams and RealitiesTom Brokaw, former anchor of the NBC Nightly News, discusses his new book, The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America; Who We Are, Where We've Been, and Where We Need to Go N...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show -
12:00 PM
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The World is a StageOne 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 PM
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Copyright and CreativityCopyright law can be confusing for the average media consumer. It’s even thornier for artists – like the pop star Beyonce, whose new music video is under fire for some familiar-looking dance moves. Today, we delve into the world of fair use – or, the doctrine that allows limited use of copyrighted material that you don’t own. Plus, director Peter Sellars tells us about a new musical based on Shakespeare's heroine Desdemona - and we hear a live performance.
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03:00 PMSpecial Programming
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04:00 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.
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06:30 PM
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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
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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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08:00 PMRadiolab: War of the Worlds
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War of the WorldsMartians, mass media, and hysteria -- how War of the Worlds sparked panic in the 1930s, & fooled audiences again and again for decades.Go to program: War of the Worlds -
09:00 PM
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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
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Copyright and Creativity
Copyright law can be confusing for the average media consumer. It’s even thornier for artists – like the pop star Beyonce, whose new music video is under fire for some familiar-looking dance moves. Today, we delve into the world of fair use – or, the doctrine that allows limited use of copyrighted material that you don’t own. Plus, director Peter Sellars tells us about a new musical based on Shakespeare's heroine Desdemona - and we hear a live performance.
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11:00 PM
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#3264: October 2011 New ReleasesIt's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds, despite the fact that it's All Hallows' Eve. John Schaefer (in his boxing costume) carefully sorts through the stacks, bins, and boatloads of new CDs which have come across his desk over the past month to present some of the finest (and scariest) new releases. He'll pick the lentils from the ashes to present the cream of this crop.
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