Environmentalist Amy Larkin explains why we need to translate the costs of global warming and extreme weather into dollar amounts—and start paying up. Chuck Klosterman talks villains, and what we’re really saying when we call someone bad or evil. Philip Caputo on what he learned while traveling from the United States’ most southern point to its most northern point. And reporter Robert Kolker discusses the murders of women on Long Island who used Craigslist to advertise as escorts, and the investigation to find the killer.
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The Environment and the Economy; Chuck Klosterman; What Unites Americans; Murder Mystery on Long IslandGo to program: The Leonard Lopate Show
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BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
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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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BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
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Middle East Peace; Christine Quinn; MTA May Add ServiceSecretary of State John Kerry traveled to the Middle East in an attempt to revive peace talks. Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars analyzes the...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PMSpecial Programming
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02:00 PM
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The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.
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Detroit Bankruptcy Puts Pensions on the Block | Pentagon Presents Options for U.S. Action in Syria | Media Watch: Why The Obsession With the Royal Baby?
Detroit Bankruptcy Puts Pensions on the Chopping Block | Pentagon Presents Options for U.S. Action in Syria | Media Watch: Why The Obsession With the Royal Baby? | The Challenges of Caring for a Suddenly Disabled Loved One | Banks Inflate Prices of Commodities | Netflix Earnings: Artificial Bubble or ...
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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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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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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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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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09:00 PM
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Smooth Jazz Sets Sail; Eclectic Fare From Xenia Rubinos; Check Ahead
In this episode: Smooth jazz – which had its heyday in the ‘80s and early ‘90s – is making a comeback, especially out at sea. Nate Chinen, jazz and pop critic at the New York Times, discusses the evolution of the much maligned genre, and its resurgence via the cruise industry.
Also: John Schaefer shares his pick for Missed It Then, Love It Now.
And: Soundcheck producer Gretta Cohn discusses this week’s Check Ahead album streams, from the experimental power pop group Happy Hollows, and the roots rockers Moreland & Arbuckle.
Plus: Brooklyn-based singer and keyboardist Xenia Rubinos brings her eclectic sound to the studio.
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Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.
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#3325: Lost Cities & Civilizations
We’ll spend an hour listening to music from lost cities and civilizations on this New Sounds program. Hear music by Turkmenistan-born Iraida Yusupova, with the title “Kitezh” – the invisible city of legend that appears in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera and a kind of Russian Atlantis. It is said to have disappeared under water when Mongols were about to attack, and Yusupova suggests as much with theremin and tape.
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