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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New BeginningsFollow live coverage of the inauguration ceremony in Washington DC and hear the President’s address. Columnist Clarence Page offers his view from the national mall; Jodi Kantor of The...Go to program: The Brian Lehrer Show
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12:00 PMSpecial Programming
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02:00 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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03:00 PM
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Today's Takeaway | January 21, 2013
The Previously Unreleased Interviews of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Considering Obama's Record on Civil Rights | The History of Second Inaugurals | Undocumented Immigrant Working Toward Becoming Immigration Lawyer | The People's Poem, Written and Recorded by You
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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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Studio 360 Live: Stories of Neuroscience & Memory
This week, we talk about telling stories in science through words and pictures. The new book The Where, the Why, and the How pairs explanations of scientific mysteries with playful, intriguing illustrations by 75 artists. Kurt Andersen speaks with one of the book’s editors, and gives our listeners a new ...
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09:00 PM
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Nina Simone's Civil Rights Legacy; The Relatives Play Live
In this episode: Over the course of her career the singer Nina Simone left audiences with many different impressions – from relatable to distant. But her contributions to music, and to the struggle for civil rights, are indisputable. We look back at the cultural and political icon.
Plus: a fired-up performance by the Dallas-based gospel-funk group The Relatives.
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10:00 PM
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Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.
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11:00 PM
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#3120: Dramatic Accompaniment
This New Sounds brings musical accompaniment for drama in the form of the Portico Quartet, a young instrumental band, who play mostly acoustic music using wind instruments, bass and percussion, including a 21st century instrument called the hang. (The hang is a dimpled dome-shaped, tuned metal percussion instrument that sounds like a cross between the steel drum and the mbira (thumb piano) and looks like two woks welded together.)
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