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  • 12:00 AM
  • Shine a Light

    Rosanne Cash fills in for Leonard. She’ll speak with neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux about the underlying brain mechanisms that make us feel emotions. Musician Mike Doughty discusses the cost of his rise to prominence. Adriana Trigiani talks about her novel The Shoemaker’s Wife. And physics professor Lisa Randall tells us about the search for the elusive Higgs boson.

  • 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
  • Truth and Consequences
    New York Times chief national correspondent and WNYC contributor David Sanger discusses the regional consequences of the crisis in Syria. Plus: a conversation about the money launderi...
  • 12:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 02:00 PM
  • The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

  • 03:00 PM
  • Today's Takeaway | August 9, 2012

    The U.S. Military's history of recruiting and retaining Neo-Nazis | The burgeoning field of intergalactic law | How personal experience changed my views on the death penalty | Sinai: What it meant then and what it means now | Bo Xilai murder trial begins... and ends | U.S. begins Agent Orange cleanup | A victim's son reflects on the Sikh temple shooting | An update from a family in Aleppo | Is the "Like" button protected free speech?

  • 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
  • Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #2680: Big Bottoms (Encore)

    On this New Sounds, there's new music for bass, both electric and upright, bowed, plucked, or slapped, some bottom-heavy and grounding, some emotive and noodley - like the moody suite for electric bass by Jeffrey Roden, called "Seeds of Happiness." There's also music about salt. Yes, salt and salt marshes.