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  • 12:00 AM
  • #3143: Hybrid Ensembles

    Hear some rock and/or classical hybrid ensembles on this edition of New Sounds.  There's relatively older music from the 1980's by Mikel Rouse, and some from Bang on a Can folks along with brand new music from Bing & Ruth (David Moore) and Newspeak.  That, and more.

  • 01:00 AM
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  • 06:00 AM
  • Public radio’s classic show about food and the people who eat it. Francis Lam brings you recipes, cooking tips and in-depth stories about where our food comes from.

  • 07:00 AM
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  • 08:00 AM
  • Interviews with top newsmakers in politics, science, and the arts, and Will Shortz brings you the beloved Weekend Puzzle.

  • 10:00 AM
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  • 11:00 AM
  • American Icons: The Great Gatsby
    Studio 360 explores F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and finds out how this compact novel became the great American story of our age. Novelist Jonathan Franzen tells Kurt Anders...
  • 12:00 PM
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  • 05:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 06:00 PM
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  • 07:00 PM
  • ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio. 

  • 08:00 PM
  • Spinning on Air: Spring Power!
    Music with rhythmic and melodic power; music for bursting forth after a long, snowy winter. David Garland presents music from warm places like Brazil, New Orleans, India, and...Brookl...
  • 09:00 PM
  • Meet Your Mind: The Creative Brain

    Broadcast Times: Sunday, 7am on AM 820 and 9pm on 93.9FM

    Creativity is a little like obscenity:  You know it when you see it, but you can't exactly define it....unless you're a neuroscientist.  In labs around the country, a new generation of scientists tackles the mystery of human creativity - where it comes from and how it works.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Classic and contemporary short fiction read by some of the most iconic voices in today’s world of film, theater and comedy. Recorded live at Symphony Space in New York City.

     

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3144: Requiem for Fossil Fuels Live

    “Requiem for Fossil Fuels,” a site-specific memorial mass, combines human voices and ambient sound.  It’s the result of more than twenty years of work and collaboration by Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger, two sound artists/composers and sonic thinkers.  For this edition of New Sounds, listen to the performance, recorded live at the World Financial Center.