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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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 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
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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 -
12:00 PM
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Heaven and SpaceMichael 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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(Myth and) The Music InstinctCognitive psychologist Gary Marcus last joined us on the show to discuss his book “Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning." Today, he returns to Soundcheck to dive even deeper in the question of what makes us musical. Plus, we take more of your calls and questions.
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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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(Myth and) The Music Instinct
Cognitive psychologist Gary Marcus last joined us on the show to discuss his book “Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning." Today, he returns to Soundcheck to dive even deeper in the question of what makes us musical. Plus, we take more of your calls and questions.
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11:00 PM
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#3309: Piano InsidesExplore the sounds of a piano's insides on this New Sounds program. From the prepared piano to the bowed and/or plucked piano strings inside the body of the beast, there are sure to be unusual sounds galore. Listen to Ergo, an electro-acoustic trio - somehow both slinky and spacey - with trombone, prepared piano, drums, and special guests on guitar.
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