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Daily Schedule
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12:00 AM
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05:00 AMSpecial Programming
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06:00 AM
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Today's Takeaway: Romney Looks to Win Big on Super Tuesday
Tornadoes Leaves Destruction in Midwest and South; Putin Secures Six More Years as Russian President; The Agenda: Super Tuesday, Gas Prices, Jobs Report; NFL To Investigate Allegations of New Orleans Saints' Bounty Fund; 'Religion for Atheists': How to Get Past An Argumentative Impasse; Candidates Look to Ohio on Super Tuesday; Hmong Vets of the Vietnam War Seek Military Burial Rights; President Obama to Meet With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu; Red Cross Tries to Distribute Aid to Residents of Homs, Syria; Did the Obama Administration Fumble the Economy?
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10:00 AM
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The Mental GameABC senior White House correspondent, Jake Tapper, and statehouse news reporter for Ohio Public Media, Jo Ingles, preview Super Tuesday. Plus: David Eisenhower, director of the Instit...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PM
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Heaven and Space
Michael Sean Winters examines how Reverend Jerry Falwell has influenced national politics. Today's installment of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects is about a pepper pot in the shape of a Roman noble woman, found in Britain. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses NASA and the future of space travel.
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01:00 PM
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Hoxne Pepper Pot
Throughout this week Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the ways in which people sought pleasure around the world 2,000 years ago: from pipe smoking to sex.
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01:15 PM
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Heaven and Space
Michael Sean Winters examines how Reverend Jerry Falwell has influenced national politics. Today's installment of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects is about a pepper pot in the shape of a Roman noble woman, found in Britain. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses NASA and the future of space travel.
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02:00 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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03:00 PM
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Marco Werman hosts an engaging daily portrait of what’s happening around the world, from PRX, the BBC and WGBH in Boston.
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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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The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.
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- Terry Gross
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09:00 PM
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Veteran host Diane Rehm guides powerful conversations on an array of topics with distinguished thinkers of our times.
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- Diane Rehm
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10:00 PM
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Hosted by Warren Olney, To the Point is a fast-paced, news based one-hour daily national program that focuses on the hot-button issues of the day, co-produced by KCRW and Public Radio International.
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11:00 PM
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The PBS NewsHour provides in-depth analysis of current events with a news summary, live studio interviews, discussions and documentary reports.
Go to program: The PBS NewsHour