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Timothy Garton Ash looks at whether Germany will be able to lead the Eurozone into a sustainable, internationally competitive future. Havana Marking discusses “Smash & Grab,” her documentary about the Pink Panthers, an international ring of jewelry thieves. Comedian Robert Klein and Lawrence Richards tell stories about the generations of Catskill-trained Jewish comedians. We’ll find out how President Franklin Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia shaped New York City during the Great Depression.

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NSA leaker Edward Snowden has been granted asylum by Russia and has left the Moscow airport. We update the latest, and discuss the shift in public opinion about national security surv...

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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.

In this episode: Music has played a pivotal role in the work of Chuck Klosterman, who wrote about hair metal in his first book, Fargo Rock City. Today, he joins us to talk about villains, as dissected in his new book, I Wear the Black Hat.

Plus: Franz Ferdinand, the Scottish-bred art-pop band that staked its claim with the 2004 single “Take Me Out,” has returned with a new album called Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. The band plays live in our studio. 

And: Michael Friedman composed the music for the Public Theater’s new Shakespeare In The Park musical presentation of the classic comedy "Love's Labour's Lost." He joins us to talk about setting Shakespeare to song. 

Hear new blues on tonight's New Sounds, including music from the likes of Bobby McFerrin and the recent record "Spirityouall."  McFerrin takes two lines from Psalm 25, "'You know my eyes are ever on the Lord, for only He will release my feet from the snare," and turns them into a deeply bluesy spiritual.  Also, listen to arrangements of Skip James and Charlie Patton blues by Chris Thomas King and the Soldier String Quartet.