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  • 12:00 AM
  • Performing Arts

    William Rhodes, who held senior positions in Citigroup and Citibank, discusses what he’s learned on the front lines of global finance. Then we’ll speak to Daniel Sullivan and John Cullum, the director and one of the stars of Shakespeare in the Park’s production of “All’s Well that Ends Well.” Samantha Soule and Laurie Birmingham talk about their roles in Rachel Crothers’ comedy “A Little Journey.” Then, we’ll get an update on the ongoing catastrophe at Japan’s Fukushima reactor and its continuing impact on the people who live near it. And our Backstory segment looks at what the President’s troop drawdown in Afghanistan means for the hundreds of prisoners held at Bagram Prison.

  • 02:00 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.

  • 05:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 09:00 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.

  • 10:00 AM
  • Weighing the Options
    President Obama decided to release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Jacob Goldstein, correspondent for NPR’s Planet Money team, explains what impact tha...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Secret Identity

    On today’s show: William C. Rempel tells the story of the insider who helped bring down Colombia's notorious Cali Cartel! Then we’ll discuss the legacy of Louis Armstrong’s later years. Both Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll were pen names—we’ll look at some other famous people who chose not to use their given names and why. Plus, our latest Please Explain segment is all about sunscreens!

  • 02:00 PM
  • Teen Brains: Hit Predictors?

    Teen brains: hormonal... and hit-predicting? Today: A new study says high school brains might be skilled at predicting pop hits of the future. A neuroeconomist joins us to explain why. Plus: A report about Funk Island, Make Music New York's concert series on Rikers Island. And: Singer-songwriter Jolie Holland is poised to release a brand new album, called “Pint of Blood.” She joins us to preview songs from the record, live in our studio.

  • 03:00 PM
  • Have fun discovering the hidden side of everything.

  • 04:00 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.

  • 06:30 PM
  • Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

  • 07:00 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.

  • 08:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 09:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Teen Brains: Hit Predictors?

    Teen brains: hormonal... and hit-predicting? Today: A new study says high school brains might be skilled at predicting pop hits of the future. A neuroeconomist joins us to explain why. Plus: A report about Funk Island, Make Music New York's concert series on Rikers Island. And: Singer-songwriter Jolie Holland is poised to release a brand new album, called “Pint of Blood.” She joins us to preview songs from the record, live in our studio.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3056: ETHEL Plays Jacob TV, I

    For this New Sounds, experience the music of Dutch composer, JacobTV, (Jacob Ter Veldhuis) who is something of an outlaw in the established modern classical music scene. Listen to the quartet ETHEL perform new versions of TV's works specially arranged for and dedicated to them, as recorded at a New Sounds Live Concert event at Merkin Hall in 2010.  (Part 1 of 2.)