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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12:00 AM
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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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Death of OsamaComprehensive coverage and your reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden.
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12:00 PM
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Song, Sculpture, and ServiceWe start today’s show with Michael Scheuer, who talks about 10-year search for Osama bin Laden and his death. Rufus and Martha Wainwright performing live in our studios! Artist Richard Tuttle discusses his work and his new exhibit at the Pace Gallery called “What’s the Wind.” David Sanger of the New York Times, discusses what Osama bin Laden's death means for the Arab world. Luis Carlos Montalvan earned two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart, and he talks about how a golden retriever helped him recover from his combat injuries. Plus, we’ll examine the growing problem of food scarcity and its political consequences around the world.
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02:00 PM
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End of Rare FindsBefore MP3s and file-sharing services, collectors searched high and low for rare music. Now much of that buried treasure has been posted online. Today: how scarcity affects our enjoyment of music.
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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 PMNPR Special Coverage: Osama Bin Laden
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly hosts special coverage of the aftermath of Osama Bin Laden's death.
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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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End of Rare Finds
Before MP3s and file-sharing services, collectors searched high and low for rare music. Now much of that buried treasure has been posted online. Today: how scarcity affects our enjoyment of music.
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11:00 PM
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#3039: Beyond Orchestral WorksShred-classical might be one way of describing Daniel Bjarnason’s music as heard on his release, “Processions.” Besides that, it's lyrical and plaintive as well as bombastic and technical, culminating in “beautiful chaos” (popmatters.com.) On this New Sounds, we’ll sample from some of these grand orchestral creations by Bjarnason, along with some other music from Alarm Will Sound.
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