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  • 12:00 AM
  • U.S.-Russian Relations; Catherine Deneuve; Sarah Ruhl's Play "Stage Kiss"; Lobsters and Pain; Bananas

    On today’s show: Russia expert Angela Stent, who served as an adviser to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, gives us her take on the unfolding situation in Ukraine and the other issues that are affecting U.S.-Russian relations. Catherine Deneuve, who’s been called “France’s greatest actress,” talks about her new film, “On My Way.” Sarah Ruhl tells us about "Stage Kiss,” her new play about two actors with a past who are cast as romantic leads,blurring the line between acting and real-life. We’ll take a look at a new study that shows that lobsters, squid and crabs feel pain. And we'll find out how the expected merger between Chiquita and Irish fruit seller Fyffes may affect the banana industry.

  • 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
  • De Blasio's Crime Record; DA Vance; Ask A Pilot; Pi Day

    Two months in to the de Blasio administration, a look at his crime record and policy, from claims of lower violent crimes, but reports of a spike in panhandling arrests. Murray Weiss of DNAInfo and the head of the Bronx Defenders discuss. Plus: Ask A Pilot about that missing Malaysian airliner; Manhattan DA Vance on efforts to curb domestic abuse; and we celebrate Pi Day in the geekiest way possible.

  • 12:00 PM
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  • 03:00 PM
  • Can Obama Get Young People to Enroll in the ACA? | Inside the Paralympics: Ice Sled Hockey | Living Longer Means Rethinking Social Structures

    Ukraine Crisis Collides With Domestic Politics in the U.S. | Is Venezuela on The Road to Civil War? | As Deadline Looms, Can Obama Get Young People to Enroll in the ACA? | Rapper 'PI Diddy' Looks to Make Math Fun | U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team Ready to Take Home Gold | New Movie Releases of The Week | Living Longer Means Rethinking Social Structures

  • 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
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  • 09:00 PM
  • Covering a missing airplane, Copyright in outer space, and more

    How the media are covering the story of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, the re-birth of the First Amendment, and copyright law in outer space.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Why Do We Share?
    Are humans basically selfish, or basically giving? That's the question up for debate in this second episode of the six-part series The Really Big Questions. Host Dean Olsher explores ...
  • 11:00 PM
  • #3405: The Cajun Influence

    For this New Sounds, we’ll sample music that shows the influence of traditional Cajun music from the fiddling, the accordion, the triangle and other instruments, in somewhat unusual contexts.  Listen to several excerpts from Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin's score for the film “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” set in Louisiana, along with music by the late Michael Galasso. Then there’s music by the Penguin Café Orchestra who drew from Cajun fiddling, and the influence comes out on pieces like “Swing the Cat” and “Bean Fields.”