We’ll take a look at how collective bargaining works in the NFL and the NBA. Then Dan Lauria and Judith Light talk about starring in the hit Broadway show “Lombardi.” Also, a security expert talks about what the TSA can learn from the Israeli approach to airport security. Plus, Please Explain is all about salt!
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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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For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.
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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.
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Garry Trudeau & Reggie WattsThis week in Studio 360, novelist Walter Kirn explains how Twitter and Walt Whitman are helping him make sense of the Arizona tragedy. The cartoonist Garry Trudeau looks back at f...Go to program: Studio 360
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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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Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.
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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.
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Classic and contemporary short fiction read by some of the most iconic voices in today’s world of film, theater and comedy. Recorded live at Symphony Space in New York City.
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#2878: Choral Music from Eastern Europe
For this New Sounds, listen to new choral music from Eastern Europe, including one by Georgian composer Giya Kancheli. His 2005 “Amao omi” fuses Baltic folksong, liturgical choral music and minimalism and plays against sax quartet. There’s also music by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, along with a new choral album of music by Estonia’s Veljo Tormis, and more.
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