Now that the hot weather is here, New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark shares her ideas for quick and easy summer meals. Linda Emond and Danny Burstein discuss their Tony-nominated performances in “Cabaret.” With more and more evidence emerging that sitting all day long is bad for our health, Dan Kois talks about the month he spent standing up. And this week’s Please Explain is all about food labels—what they tell you, what they don’t, and the efforts to make them clearer.
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BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
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06:00 AMState of the Re:Union
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State of the Re:Union: Contested
In this episode of State Of The Re:Union, host Al Letson explores the role of sports in the lives of young people.
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07:00 AM
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WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview.
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08:00 AM
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NPR’s Scott Simon reports on the world’s top news, features and entertainment to your Saturday morning.
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10:00 AM
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For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.
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11:00 AM
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The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.
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12:00 PM
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01:00 PM
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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.
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02:00 PM
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Humorous, heartbreaking and true stories told live on stage. No script. No props. Just a microphone, a spotlight and room full of strangers.
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03:00 PMSpecial Programming
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04:00 PM
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Facing Fear with Andrew Bird, Jennifer Egan, and Hari Kondabolu
Live from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a show devoted to the theme of fear — the kind that that can motivate us, and the kind that can stop us in our tracks. Andrew Bird and the Hands of Glory join us for a song about escape; comedian Hari Kondabolu ...
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05:00 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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06:00 PM
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Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.
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08:00 PMSpecial Programming
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11:00 PM
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#3305: Unexpected Covers
For this New Sounds program, hear Antony & the Johnsons cover Bob Dylan, and the Unthanks cover Antony & the Johnsons. There are other covers of Leonard Cohen songs, along with more Bob more Dylan covers, and the Unthanks take on songs by Robert Wyatt as well.
Go to program: New Sounds