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  • 12:00 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
  • Albany vs. NYC; West Virginia Water; Dirty Wars; Michael Mulgrew

    Today's show guest-hosted by WNYC's Anna Sale. More about Anna here.

    Upstate and city lawmakers are at odds over funding for universal pre-K and other budget issues. Liz Benjamin, host of “Capital Tonight” and columnist for Capital New York, discusses the latest conflicts. Then: An environmental reporter from West Virginia explains the continuing saga of contaminated water in the state. Plus: Our Oscar-nominated documentary series wraps up with the Jeremy Scahill and Richard Rowley, the filmmakers behind “Dirty Wars;” how younger Americans use social media and how marketers are trying to reach them and United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.  

  • 12:00 PM
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  • 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
  • United Nations Report Finds 'Crimes Against Humanity' Rampant in North Korea | The Truth About Netflix's 'House of Cards' | Can You Trust the Media?

    United Nations Report Finds 'Crimes Against Humanity' Rampant in North Korea | A Look at the Highs & Lows of the Sochi Games | How Do They Do That? Behind the Biathlon | President: From the Origins of the Word to a Crazy Rabbit Attack | The Truth About Netflix's 'House of Cards | Can You Trust The Media? Decoding the News with Alain de Botton

  • 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
  • St. Vincent’s Art Pop & Meditating on Middlemarch

    The powerhouse guitarist Annie Clark, also known as St. Vincent, calls her music a cross between pop and “lunatic fringe.” She tells Kurt Andersen how David Byrne and metal heroes Pantera inspired her new album. The author Rebecca Mead makes the case for George Eliot's Middlemarch as the greatest novel ...

  • 09:00 PM
  • The Blind Boys Of Alabama Play Live; Harry Nilsson

    In this episode Soundcheck revisits a few recent favorite segments.

    First: The long-running gospel quintet Blind Boys of Alabama enlisted Bon Iver's Justin Vernon to produce its latest album, I'll Find A Way. The membersperform in the Soundcheck studio.

    And: Harry Nilsson was one of the most famous musicians on the planet in the early 1970s. But by the time he died in 1994 at the age of 52, most people had forgotten his name, even if they never forgot his hits like “Coconut,” and “Everybody's Talkin’.” Alyn Shipton, author of the new bookNilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriterdiscusses the enigmatic musician.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3263: Near Eastern Jazz

    There's an hour of Near Eastern Jazz for this New Sounds Program.  We'll listen to Iraqi jazz from Amir Elsaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble and Turkish jazz from Okay Temiz & Saffet Gundeger.  Plus, Ethiopian jazz from Mulatu Astatqe, and world jazz from Rabih Abou-Khalil (specifically, "Levant jazz" from areas including Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan.)  All that, and more.