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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.

BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

On today’s show, we’ll find out about the controversy at the New York Public Library. Then, Kristen Johnston talks about being open about her recovery from her addictions to alcohol and drugs. Today’s installment of A History of the World in 100 Objects is about a bronze hand from pre-Islamic Yemen. Then, a look at the man who’s considered by many to be the world’s top sushi chef. And Susan Cain on what we miss when we overlook the introverts among us.

On today’s show, we’ll find out about the controversy at the New York Public Library. Then, Kristen Johnston talks about being open about her recovery from her addictions to alcohol and drugs. Today’s installment of A History of the World in 100 Objects is about a bronze hand from pre-Islamic Yemen. Then, a look at the man who’s considered by many to be the world’s top sushi chef. And Susan Cain on what we miss when we overlook the introverts among us.

Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

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.

Today, the first installment of a two part-series about music and animals. We hear how creatures in the wild use the sounds of their habitats to survive - and how we might have derived music from our evolutionary past. Plus: British folk rock troubadour Frank Turner plays live. And: a preview of this week's South by Southwest music festival.