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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
  • National Politics; City Council Leader; Super Bowl; California Drought; Anna Quindlen; Open Phones

    Mara Liasson, NPR national politics correspondent, analyzes the national political news. Plus: City Council Deputy Majority Leader Brad Lander talks about leadership, Super Bowl week kicks off, California suffers a drought, Pulitzer Prize winner Anna Quindlen discusses her latest novel, and open phones.

  • 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
  • A Look at E-Cigarettes: Who's Using Them & Where? | The State of the Union, Through an Artist's Eyes | How to Take the Plunge & Do What You Love

    Ukraine Slides Further into Political Chaos | A Look at E-Cigarettes: Who's Using Them & Where? | Businesses & Consumers Hit by U.S. Propane Shortage | The State of the Union, Through an Artist's Eyes |  How to Take the Plunge & Do What You Love

  • 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
  • Flying Cars and Tricorders: How Sci-Fi Invented the Present

    From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to George Orwell’s 1984 to Spike Jonze’s Oscar-nominated Her, artists have imagined what the future will look like. In this week’s episode, Kurt Andersen explores how science fiction has shaped the world we’re living in right now. The inventor of the cell phone gives credit to

  • 09:00 PM
  • What Happened At The Grammys?; Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio; Laura Cantrell Plays Live

    In this episode: The New York Times music writer Ben Sisario gives a Grammys recap -- the surprises, the no-brainers, the folks who should have won… and maybe those who shouldn’t have.

    Then: Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio’s latest collaboration with composer Philip Glass is called Visitors. He tells us about the silent film’s musical and visual language.

    And: Singer, songwriter, and occasional Soundcheck guest host Laura Cantrell plays songs from her new album No Way There From Here live in the Soundcheck studio.

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

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3558: Mountain Music

    Spend some time in the mountains on this New Sounds, with the Chinese group Shanren, from Yunnan.  Their name translates as “Mountain Men” and inspired the theme of the show.  Also, listen to music from the Swiss Alps, represented by the Albins Alpin Quintett, whose record is inspired by the Pilatus-massif in central Switzerland; the tunes are named after various places on the mountain.  Then, hear the Chinese pipa player Wu Man blending the sounds of the Appalachian musicians and making it work on tunes like “Old Joe Clark,” or "I’m Going Back To North Carolina," featuring banjo player Lee Knight. Plus, music from the Himalayans, the Sierra Mountains, and the Andes.