BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Daily Schedule
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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 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
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10:00 AM
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Raises and HikesNicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute and Paul Sonn of the National Employment Law Project debate a proposed minimum wage raise. Plus, the demographic groups being targeted as the...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PM
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As the World Turns
On today’s show: Michael Moran of the Council on Foreign Relations takes a look at the challenges that are aligning to challenge U.S. leadership and influence around the world. Loung Ung describes her experience as a child during the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge. A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at one of Albrecht Dürer’s prints of a rhinoceros. Actor and writer Michael Tucker talks about his debut novel, After Annie. Plus, journalist Ben Anderson gives an inside look at the war in Afghanistan and the violence in Helmand province.
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01:00 PM
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Durer's 'Rhinoceros'
This week Neil MacGregor is exploring the great empires of the world around 1500 - from the Inca in South America to the Ming in China and the Timurids in the Middle East.
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01:15 PM
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As the World Turns
On today’s show: Michael Moran of the Council on Foreign Relations takes a look at the challenges that are aligning to challenge U.S. leadership and influence around the world. Loung Ung describes her experience as a child during the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge. A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at one of Albrecht Dürer’s prints of a rhinoceros. Actor and writer Michael Tucker talks about his debut novel, After Annie. Plus, journalist Ben Anderson gives an inside look at the war in Afghanistan and the violence in Helmand province.
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02:00 PM
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Boogaloo: ¡Que Funky!
In the 1960s and ‘70s, the boogaloo genre grew out of the Latin jazz, soul and R&B traditions in New York. Johnny Colon, the bandleader, pianist and educator behind hits like “Boogaloo Blues,” joins us for a look at boogaloo, past and present. Plus, Brazilian vocalist Paula Morelenbaum spent 10 years in famed songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim’s band - she performs live. And: Why Broadway is bustling with new shows this month.
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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 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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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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Boogaloo: ¡Que Funky!
In the 1960s and ‘70s, the boogaloo genre grew out of the Latin jazz, soul and R&B traditions in New York. Johnny Colon, the bandleader, pianist and educator behind hits like “Boogaloo Blues,” joins us for a look at boogaloo, past and present. Plus, Brazilian vocalist Paula Morelenbaum spent 10 years in famed songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim’s band - she performs live. And: Why Broadway is bustling with new shows this month.
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11:00 PM
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#3329: Extended Covers
For this New Sounds, hear new works based on existing ones. There’s a work by the 2012 Pultzer Prize winner, Kevin Puts - his Symphony No. 3, “Vespertine,” inspired by Icelandic singer Bjork’s album of the same name. Then hear a piece by John Halle based on two Thelonius Monk tunes, “Straight, No Chaser” and “Brilliant Corners.”
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