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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
  • Shara Worden & On the Road

    The co-founder of the Belarus Free Theatre, Natalia Kaliada, tells Kurt about her run-in with the KGB of Belarus, and her new status as an exile. Shara Worden – part of a new generation of musicians who isn't afraid to mix classical composition with indie rock sounds – performs live ...

  • 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
  • Other Languages
    Songs potentially come at our brains from two directions: music and words. But words don't need to be literally understood. Host David Garland presents some unusual songs in other lan...
  • 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
  • Bokara Legendre
    The Moth Radio Hour

    A socialite-turned social activist inherits her mother's hunting trophy collection (Bokara Legendre), a hospital orderly with an attitude problem is put to the test (Jon Levin) and Tony Hendra takes us on the set of the groundbreaking hilarious 1984 mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap." Hosted by Moth founder George Dawes ...

  • 11:00 PM
  • #2887: Cross-Cultural Music

    For this New Sounds, we'll hear from California-based composer Bill Alves who leads the Harvey Mudd American Gamelan and writes new music for the group.  Sometimes he incorporates electronics and even Japanese shakuhachi in non-traditional tunings like just intonation.  Also on the show is music from Tim Ries, Rolling Stones' sax player and sometime keyboard player.  We'll hear his Tuareg-inflected version of a 1970's song by the Rolling Stones.  That, and more.