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  • 12:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 06:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 07:00 AM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 11:00 AM
  • Hot Rods, Low Riders, Chali 2na

    We jump-start the American car. Kurt takes a tour through L.A.'s car culture, talking to hot rodders and low riders and emerging designers who just might be able to rescue the U.S. auto industry. And underground hip-hop star Chali 2na explains why lately, oil painting is as important to him as rapping.

  • 12:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 04:00 PM
  • The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.

  • 05:00 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.

  • 06:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 07:00 PM
  • ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio. 

  • 08:00 PM
  • Alex Lukashevsky

    Now for something completely different... Boisterous and nimble, rambunctious and precise, strange and exciting, the music of Alex Lukashevsky is fascinating, compelling, original, and fun.

  • 09:00 PM
  • Jesse Thorn cuts through the weeds of pop culture, with irreverent comedy, in-depth interviews and a keen eye for what’s worth knowing about.

  • 10:00 PM
    The Moth Radio Hour
  • Mike Birbiglia
    The Moth Radio Hour

    A young woman meets her brother for the first time at their father's funeral, a professional blackjack player faces down his gambling demons, and Colin Quinn (Weekend Update, SNL) is hired to do comedy for Robert DeNiro's birthday party...and bombs. Hosted by comic and author Mike Birbiglia ("Sleepwalk with Me"). 

  • 11:00 PM
  • #2875: New Armenian Music

    Listen to some new recordings of old Armenian music on this edition of New Sounds.  Isabel Bayrakdarian sings the songs of Gomidas (Komitas) and violist Kim Kashkashian plays the music of Tigran Mansurian.  We'll also hear from New York’s Epiphany Project and the vocal trio Zulal as well.  Plus, the Greek singer Savina Yannatou interprets traditional Armenian songs and there's music from duduk player Gevorg Dabaghyan and the Komitas Strings, and the choir Kitka.