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  • 12:00 AM
  • Openness and Secrecy

    We’ll find out the history and future of anonymous information leaks by hackers and activists, like Wikileaks and Anonymous. Tony Danza tells us about his experiences teaching 10th-grade English for a year at Philadelphia’s largest high school, and explains why he wants to apologize to every teacher he’s ever had. Ken Follett discusses his new novel, Winter of the World. Plus, our word maven Patricia T. O’Conner answers questions about our confounding English language and grammar!

  • 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
  • Getting a Reaction
    A French newspaper has published cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, further fueling tension and unrest in the Middle East. We discuss with New York Times Paris bureau chief Stev...
  • 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 | September 20, 2012

    Massachusetts Considers Bill Allowing Assisted Suicide | Mitt Romney: Auto Bailout Beneficiary | Meet Baxter, A Revolutionary Robot For The Workplace | Election Season Is a Comedy Gold Mine for SNL Writer Seth Meyers | French Magazine Publishes Satirical Cartoon of Prophet Mohammed

  • 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
  • Investigating a strange world.

  • 09:00 PM
  • Ben Folds Five Strikes Back And Michael Kiwanuka Acoustic
    Alt-rock power trio Ben Folds Five has its first album out in 13 years, The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind. Writer A.J. Jacobs gives an update about his summer spent listening to Bob D...
  • 10:00 PM
  • Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3380: Music for Alternative Tunings

    Hear works by American composer Mathew Rosenblum influenced in part by a love of Javanese music, the music produced by Sonic Youth, and by the music of LaMonte Young on this New Sounds program.  Listen to Rosenblum's set of two works; Fantasy for Roberta Liss, and Gymnopedie for Art Jarvinen, both of which use a 21-note to the octave scale along with the 12-note equal tempered scale to which Western ears might be more attuned.