BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Daily Schedule
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12:00 AM
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05:00 AM
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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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09:00 AM
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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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10:00 AM
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End Over End Of HistoryHe coined “The End of History” and now he’s trying to sum it up. Francis Fukuyama discusses his ambitious new book. Plus, Jake Tapper on shutdown mania in Washington; Imani Perry on r...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PM
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Rescue Work
Rachel Lloyd talks about her efforts to mentor, educate, and help teen girls who’ve worked in the sex-industry. Peter Cole and Adina Hoffman discuss a cache of Jewish manuscripts spanning 900 years that were almost lost forever. Francisco Goldman talks about his new novel Say Her Name. Plus technology reporter Steven Levy looks at Google’s rise, its success, and the challenges it faces.
The Leonard Lopate Show is live in the Greene Space this Wednesday, April 13, at 7 pm! Filmmaker Jon Alpert and four young filmmakers will talk about making documentaries and will screen excerpts from their work. Find out more and get tickets here!
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02:00 PM
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Band Name Bandwagon
New band names are becoming notoriously difficult to dream up. Today, we hear how musicians pick monikers when it seems there’s nothing left to choose from. Plus: live music from Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and his quartet.
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03:00 PMSpecial Programming
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04:00 PM
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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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06:30 PM
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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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07:00 PM
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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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08:00 PM
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A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
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09:00 PM
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Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.
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10:00 PM
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Band Name Bandwagon
New band names are becoming notoriously difficult to dream up. Today, we hear how musicians pick monikers when it seems there’s nothing left to choose from. Plus: live music from Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and his quartet.
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11:00 PM
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#3030: More New Sounds Covers
It's an hour of cover songs, New Sounds-style, with many familiar tunes in unexpected arrangements. We'll hear Pink Floyd, Stravinsky, Black Sabbath and Satie for this program. Listen as Marco Benevento and Julio Resende rework Pink Floyd songs and the new music ensemble Fireworks presents a version of the Rite of Spring. Plus, the Bad Plus hits it with "Ironman" and Marc Sloan reworks Erik Satie's Gnossienes. And much more.
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