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NYPL President Anthony Marx explains why the renovation plans for the 42nd Street branch have been shelved. Stephen Dubner of Freakonomics talks about retraining your brain to think critically. For example: admitting when you don’t know. And we’ll hear from experts in the creative field on whether it’s a good idea to go to grad school; get the latest on the mayor’s budget; and hear about the persistent link between geography and poverty.

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

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.

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.

In this episode: Last week, the NOW That’s What I Call Music! series released its 50th album of pop hits. Jeff Moskow -- head of A&R for the series --talks about the origins of the music compilation juggernaut.

Then: The question is: Are you going to remember half of the songs in any given NOW That’s What I Call Music! compilation in ten years? Writer Jason Lipshutz listened through all of the NOW discs, and dug up 50 forgotten gems for Billboard, and gives us some ideas about some of the non-hits that are represented therein.

And: On its latest album, Shriek, Wye Oak swaps out guitars for synthesizers and a brand new sleek and electronic sound. Hear the duo perform songs from the record in the Soundcheck studio.

Hear new music for brass, some martial, some big band jazz, and music by David Byrne inspired by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band of New Orleans, and more on this New Sounds Program.  Then it's high-spirited music from Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy along with a work by Karlheinz Stockhausen, covered by the Respect Sextet. Plus, music by Charles Mingus, as played by Either/Orchestra out of Cambridge, MA.  There's also music from Montreal's Ratchet Orchestra as well as something from the Clubfoot Orchestra, and a work by Carla Bley.