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  • 12:00 AM
  • Manilow and Money

    Barry Manilow performs live in our studio! Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner talk about what caused the financial meltdown and what has changed in its aftermath.

  • 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
  • Gentle Revolutions
    Vermont will be the first state to offer single-payer healthcare when legislation is signed today. Plus: New York City Opera leaves Lincoln Center; basic tech tips; comparing the pa...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Special Forces

    Actors Ellen Barkin and Joe Mantello discuss their roles in the Broadway production of Larry Kramer’s play “The Normal Heart.” Howard Wasdin takes us inside the world of Navy Seal Team Six and talks about this own experiences with the Special Forces. We’ll find out about Team Rubicon, a privately owned first response disaster relief organization. Plus, our latest Backstory segments look at the International Monetary Fund and the rising problem of prescription painkiller addiction and abuse.

  • 02:00 PM
  • The Godmother of Rock Journalism

    Ellen Willis broke barriers in 1968 when she became the first popular music critic for The New Yorker. Today: we hear about Willis' life and legacy through her daughter, Nona Willis Aronowitz. Plus: producer Danger Mouse and composer Daniele Luppi tell us about their mutual affection for classic Italian film music. And: we share our Picks of the Week.

  • 03:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 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
  • The Godmother of Rock Journalism

    Ellen Willis broke barriers in 1968 when she became the first popular music critic for The New Yorker. Today: we hear about Willis' life and legacy through her daughter, Nona Willis Aronowitz. Plus: producer Danger Mouse and composer Daniele Luppi tell us about their mutual affection for classic Italian film music. And: we share our Picks of the Week.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3210: Folk is the Roots

    There's a new generation of musicians coming from classical or rock finding inspiration in olde English folksongs, love songs and murder ballads.   It's another round of mining the old for the new, which hearkens back to the 1960's, when English outfits like Pentagle and Fairport convention looked back to traditional folk songs.  For this New Sounds, listen to arrangements of folk tunes by Jim Moray, Emily Portman, and the Juice Vocal Ensemble, to name a few.