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  • 12:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 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
  • Look to Fresh Air Weekend for highlights of some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends.

  • 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
  • WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview. 

  • 11:00 AM
  • Reveal is the Peabody Award-winning investigative journalism program for public radio. We’ve heard the news, but we want to know what really happened. That’s what Reveal is all about: finding out what’s going on behind the scenes, hidden from public view.

  • 12:00 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. 

  • 01:00 PM
  • All the bold ideas, inventions and perspectives of the beloved TED Talks conference and video series, plus special follow-up interviews with the people behind them.

  • 02:00 PM
  • 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.

  • 03:00 PM
  • Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.

  • 04:00 PM
  • BBC Newshour is the award-winning flagship program of the BBC World Service, the world's largest news-gathering operation. Clear, rigorous, well-paced and live every day, Newshour brings BBC's unmatched reporting from all around the globe.

  • 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
  • A show about the unfinished business of our history and its grip on our future.

  • 07:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 08:00 PM
  • Have fun discovering the hidden side of everything.

  • 09:00 PM
  • Jesse Thorn cuts through the weeds of pop culture, with irreverent comedy, in-depth interviews and a keen eye for what’s worth knowing about.

  • 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
  • #4494, Pedal Steel and Lap Steel
    Baltimore-based virtuoso Susan Alcorn, California composer Chuck Johnson, and Norwegian player Geir Sundstøl are among the guitarists offering new approaches to pedal and lap steel.