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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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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Food BattlesFood policy activist Michael Pollan explains recent government approval of certain genetically modified foods and questions why those foods still don’t require a GMO label on the pack...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show -
12:00 PM
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A Whole New WorldOn today’s Leonard Lopate show: we’ll look into the militarization of foreign assistance and nation-building. Then, Joyce Carol Oates talks about her memoir, A Widow’s Story. Also, Brian Bedford discusses what it's like to direct and star in an acclaimed new production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Plus, humans have changed the planet so much that some have suggested we’ve created an entirely new geologic epoch, the “Anthropocene.” Elizabeth Kolbert explains what that means.
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02:00 PM
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Syd Barrett's Solitary LifeRock icon Syd Barrett is often remembered through tales of excess, but a recent biography recounts the late Pink Floyd co-founder's life on more even-handed terms. Later: The band Stornoway combines Ph.D. smarts with folk-pop hooks. They perform in our studio.
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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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Syd Barrett's Solitary Life
Rock icon Syd Barrett is often remembered through tales of excess, but a recent biography recounts the late Pink Floyd co-founder's life on more even-handed terms. Later: The band Stornoway combines Ph.D. smarts with folk-pop hooks. They perform in our studio.
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11:00 PM
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#3008: "That Was Nice!"Das war schön! (That was nice!) by the Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin invokes themes by Mozart, drawing on birdsong, freemasonry and parental innuendo in a five-movement concerto for percussion and orchestra. According to the composer’s program notes, the title refers to Mozart’s reaction to his caged bird being able to sing the main theme of the final movement of his 17th piano concerto, although with two small mistakes.
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