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WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, ...
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Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.
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The Divided Dial is a show about the untold history of broadcast radio, reported and hosted by award-winning journalist Katie Thornton and edited by On the Media's Executive Producer, Katya Rogers.
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Major news events throughout the world continue to be largely ignored until they reach tragic proportions. Underreported, a weekly feature on The Leonard Lopate Show, tackles these issues and gives an in-depth look into stories that are often relegated to the back pages.
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Tanis is a bi-weekly podcast from the Public Radio Alliance, and is hosted by Nic Silver. Tanis is a serialized docudrama about a fascinating and surprising mystery: the myth of Tanis. Tanis is an exploration of the nature of truth, conspiracy, and information. Tanis is what happens when the lines of science and fiction start to blur... Support TANIS to hear exclusive MINI and BONUS EPISODES and more! http://patreon.com/tanispodcast Please rate and review on iTunes if you enjoy TANIS! http:/ ...
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A show that samples WNYC’s best podcasts, curated to fit all your travel needs.
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First-person diaries, sound portraits, and hidden chapters of history from Peabody Award-winning producer Joe Richman and the Radio Diaries team. From teenagers to octogenarians, prisoners to prison guards, bra saleswomen to lighthouse keepers. The extraordinary stories of ordinary life. Radio Diaries is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm
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When Carly Parker's friend Yumiko goes missing under very mysterious circumstances, Carly's search for her friend leads her headfirst into an ancient mysterious game known only as Rabbits. Soon Carly begins to suspect that Rabbits is much more than just a game, and that the key to understanding Rabbits, might be the key to the survival of our species, and the Universe as we know it.
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The official home of audio productions by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, NY, including WNY Catholic Audio news reports, special one-off podcast interviews, and creative features including Sister Justine's Saint Tales and Dinners With Our Founders.
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Every Friday, Amy Walter brings you the trends in politics long before the national media picks up on them. Known as one of the smartest and most trusted journalists in Washington, D.C., Amy Walter is respected by politicians and pundits on all sides of the aisle. You may know Amy her from her work with Cook Political Report and the PBS NewsHour where she looks beyond the breaking news headlines for a deeper understanding of how Washington works, who's pulling the levers of power, and how it ...
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From WNYC, New York Public Radio, join WNYC's cultural attaché Sara Fishko for her personal radio essays on music, art, culture and media.
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The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Indivisible is public radio’s national conversation about America in a time of change.
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Snap Judgment mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. It's storytelling... with a BEAT.
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Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.
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Politics Brief is the go-to source for 2018 election news, selected from the best WNYC has to offer. Daily segments include original reporting on the New York metro region, along with interviews and analysis focused on the national scene from groundbreaking shows like On the Media, The Takeaway and The New Yorker Radio Hour. Produced by WNYC Studios, home of other great podcasts including Radiolab, Snap Judgment, Nancy and Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin. Category: News & Politics
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Ask Roulette is a conversation series in which strangers ask each other questions, live on stage. It's a mix of conversation, comedy, and storytelling -- there's also music. David Plotz of Slate calls it "great" and the Observer says it's one of NYC's 10 Best Podcasts. The podcast features highlights from our live events at Housing Works Bookstore in New York, including appearances by special guests. Past guests have included Robert Krulwich of Radiolab, Kurt Braunohler, Julie Klausner, Bara ...
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W. Eugene Smith was a famous photo essayist for LIFE magazine and a suburban family man when he left it all in 1957 and moved to a rundown loft in Manhattan. The building had already become a popular hangout and jamming space for jazz players both prominent and obscure, and Smith spent the next decade documenting the music, conversations and personalities that passed through. This program, produced and hosted by Sara Fishko and originally heard as a 10-part radio series in 2009, pulls from t ...
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New Sounds is unlike any radio show you've ever heard: a whirlwind tour of new and unusual music from all corners of the globe. New Sounds combs recent recordings for one of the most informative and compelling hours on radio, and aims to make the world smaller. For over 25 years, host John Schaefer has been finding the melody in the rainforest and the rhythm in an orchestra of tin cans. Defying rigid categorization and genre pigeonholing, New Sounds offers new ways to hear the ancient langua ...
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The true story of how not to win the World Cup. With Roger Bennett of the Men in Blazers podcast.
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There’s fresh drama in the field of human origins! A new analysis of an ancient hominid skull from China challenges what we thought we knew about our ancestral family tree, and its timeline—at least according to the researchers who wrote the paper. The new study claims that Homo sapiens, and some of our relatives, could have emerged at least half a million years earlier than we thought. But big claims require big evidence. Anthropologist John Hawks joins Host Flora Lichtman to piece together ...
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A podcast about how and why gentrification happens. Season 3, produced in partnership with WLRN, Miami’s public radio station, introduces us to “climate gentrification,” reporting about the ways climate change, and our adaption to it, may seriously intensify the affordable housing crisis in many cities. In many parts of the US, black communities were pushed to low-lying flood prone areas. As Nadege Green reports, in Miami, the opposite is true. Black communities were built on high elevation ...
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Discover a wondrously surreal world of magic, music, and mystery. This immersive, cinematic audio spectacle follows the adventures of a lonely, stage-struck janitor who is drawn into the larger-than-life universe of the Orbiting Human Circus, a fantastical, wildly popular radio show broadcast from the top of the Eiffel Tower. WNYC Studios presents a special director’s cut of this joyous, moving break from reality. Starring John Cameron Mitchell, Julian Koster, Tim Robbins, Drew Callander, Su ...
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Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich use state-of-the-art sound design, mind-bending story-telling, and a sense of humor to ask big questions and blur the boundaries between science, philosophy, and human experience. Radiolab is produced in New York at WNYC, and heard on over 300 public radio stations across the country.
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Internet Radio Rewind is an audio recap of recent news, featuring RAIN editor Brad Hill, a splash of music, and a dash of humor.
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FROM OPEN AIR TO ON THE AIR! Join WNYC and The Public Theater as we bring Free Shakespeare in the Park to the airwaves with William Shakespeare’s RICHARD II. Brought to you in a serialized radio broadcast over four nights, listen as the last of the divinely anointed monarchs descends and loses it all. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and deprives him of his inheritance, he unwittingly creates an enemy who will ultimately force him from the throne. One of the Bard’s onl ...
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The newest challenge to New York’s rent-stabilization law is, on its face, a narrow dispute over a handful of long-vacant apartments. But the attorneys who filed the complaint say they’ve got a specific audience in mind: the U.S. Supreme Court. The nonprofit libertarian Institute for Justice says it crafted the lawsuit to offer the court the kind o…
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A fight over a historic Upper West Side church that has pitted A-list celebrities against a small Presbyterian congregation could finally be resolved next month.
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'Pieces of April,' starring Katie Holmes, takes place on a single Thanksgiving day on the Lower East Side, jumping between parallel stories of a New Jersey family piling into the car to visit their estranged daughter in the city, and the daughter frantically preparing to host them in her Suffolk Street walkup. It’s both deeply of its time, and shoc…
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The new film "The Secret Agent" tells the story of a former professor, played by Wagner Moura, who finds himself attempting to fight back against the persecution of the authoritarian Brazilian dictatorship in 1977. Moura and writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho discuss the film, which is select theaters now.…
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Noah Baumbach on “Jay Kelly,” His New Movie with George Clooney
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The filmmaker Noah Baumbach can recall when he may have fallen out of love with his craft. He was shooting “White Noise,” based on Don DeLillo’s novel, “on a deserted highway in Ohio at 4 A.M. with a rain machine.” “Oh, God, I don’t know that I like doing this,” he recalls thinking. “Am I doing this”—making movies—“only because I do it?” He channel…
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This episode originally aired on February 2, 2022.If you've been moved by a story this year, text 'GIVE25' to 78679 to make a donation to The Moth today.In this hour devoted to stories about footwear, walk a mile in another person's shoes. Every journey begins with a single step, and hopefully, some comfortable kicks. This episode is hosted by Moth…
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New Trump Policy: Don’t Say “World AIDS Day”
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On World AIDS Day, a look at the impact of foreign aid cuts on HIV prevention programs, particularly in South Africa. On Today's Show: Pratik Pawar, Future Perfect fellow at Vox, talks about a new HIV prevention drug the U.S. is making available worldwide, except to South Africa, the country with the most people living with HIV.…
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A provocative reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play, “Hedda” stars Tessa Thompson as the aristocrat caught between a past love and a stifling marriage. Thompson and director Nia DaCosta discuss the film, now streaming on Prime Video.
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A New York City mayor's second term is missing from the official record, and the implications span centuries.
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English Singer Patrick Wolf Plays Artful Baroque Pop, In-Studio
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English singer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf built his sizable reputation on a blend of Baroque pop and arty, classically-informed folk-rock. But a series of setbacks kept him from the music scene for a decade, before he returned with an EP in 2023, and in June of 2025, his latest LP called Crying The Neck. Patrick Wolf joins us at the pia…
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We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Island as they try to make their monthly sales goal: 129 cars. If they make it, they'll get a huge bonus from the manufacturer, possibly as high as $85,000 — enough to put them in the black for the month. If they don't make it, it'll be the second month in a row. So they pull out all the stops. Visit th…
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Ian McEwan on Imagining the World After Disaster
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In his latest novel, Ian McEwan imagines a future world after a century’s worth of disasters. The good news in “What We Can Know” is that humanity still exists, which McEwan calls “nuanced optimism.” He and David Remnick discuss the tradition of the big-themed social novel, which has gone out of literary fashion—“rather too many novels,” McEwan the…
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[REBROADCAST FROM November 7, 2025] The new play 'Queens' follows a group of women spanning multiple generations, living in an illegal basement apartment as they hustle for the American dream, until a young Ukrainian woman looking for her mother forces them to face the difficult choices they made to survive. Actors Anna Chlumsky and Marin Ireland t…
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Tell Your Uncle He's Fighting Twitter Bots in Bangladesh
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A new feature on X, formerly known as Twitter, has revealed that some prominent MAGA accounts are based in South Asia and Eastern Europe. On this week’s On the Media, how foreign actors funnel political rage-bait into social media feeds. Plus, a school librarian in Louisiana shares how she’s been targeted by book-banning activists. [01:00] Host Mic…
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[REBROADCAST FROM October 7, 2025] The new Broadway play "Art" features three friends debating the value of one insanely expensive painting, and therefore the nature of art in general. Actor Bobby Cannavale, who stars in the play alongside Neil Patrick Harris and James Corden, discusses the show along with director Scott Ellis. "Art" runs through D…
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Greenmarkets are full of colorful varieties of kale, which are at their most flavorful this time of year when the cold weather forces the plant to produce more sugar. Amelia Tarpey is the Program and Publicity Manger for GrowNYC Greenmarkets. She said head to the Greenmarkets this weekend for the perfect veggie to cleanse from your Thanksgiving fea…
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Our original host Jad Abumrad returns to share a new podcast series he’s just released. It’s all about Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician who created a genre, then a movement, then tried to use his hypnotic beats to topple a military dictatorship. Jad tells us about the series and why he made it, and we play the episode that, for us at least, gets to t…
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A very special Thanksgiving edition of On The Way rounding up the latest transit news.
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The author of Fear City -- a book about NYCs 1970s financial crisis -- puts Mamdani's New York in historical context
Free buses, city-owned grocery stores, and free universal childcare. Those are just some of the policy proposals that attracted a majority of New Yorkers to vote mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani into office. Those same proposals also turned off many voters who worried about the impact they could have on the city's finances. The policies have been labeled…
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On Thanksgiving, we're usually celebrating the turkey on the table. This year, we're also celebrating New York City's most famous turkey on the streets. Astoria is the only wild turkey in Manhattan. She first popped up in Queens, which is why she's named after the neighborhood. David Barrett runs the popular social media account Manhattan Bird Aler…
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If you've been moved by a story this year, please text 'GIVE25' to 78679 to make a donation to The Moth today.On this episode, stories that'll make you laugh, cry, and hopefully, both. Plus, why YOU, yes YOU, are The Moth. This episode was hosted by Peter Aguero.Storytellers:Peter Aguero cuts himself with his uncle’s knife.Kahlie Towle encounters a…
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Host Meg Wolitzer presents three fictionaldisappearing acts. In “We Have Your Son,” by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, a kidnapping goes wrong.This darkly humorous piece recalls O’Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief” and is performed by Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker. In “Where’s Dad?” by Claire Fridkin, performed by Emily Skeggs, the hunt for Wa…
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On the frozen tundra, a polar bear guide wakes up to a loud THUMP on the side of his ice buggy. It’s his 1,000 pound buddy, Dancer. And he wants a cup of coffee. Plus, Don Reed transports himself to 1970. Not So Tiny Dancer On the frozen tundra, a polar bear guide wakes up to a loud THUMP on the side of his ice buggy. It’s his 1,000 pound buddy, Da…
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Dusty Psych-Soul and Fiery Groove From Black Pumas (Archives)
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Both old and new, Austin-based band Black Pumas is centered around guitarist and producer Adrian Quesada and 27-year-old songwriter Eric Burton. Grammy Award-winning Quesada has played in Grupo Fantasma and Brownout, and accompanied artists from Prince to Daniel Johnston. Burton grew up in church and then got heavily involved in musical theater. He…
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Zohran Mamdani sends more than 100 government employees pink slips, state Attorney General Letitia James scores a big win against the Justice Department and more in this special Thanksgiving edition of Politics Brief.
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A new film captures the magic of the Theater of the Ridiculous, an eccentric troupe rooted in New York’s queer underground. Director Fermín Eloy Acosta talks about connecting with one of its former members, the Argentine-born artist Leandro Katz, and about his documentary "Museum of the Night," which is part of the DOC NYC film festival.…
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Claims of 'Christian Genocide' in Nigeria, Explained
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President Trump and his allies are framing the kidnappings and other attacks in Nigeria as Islamic attacks on Christians, and even threatening military action On Today's Show: Emmanuel Akinwotu, international correspondent for NPR, talks about the situation, including how extremist groups are killing people of all faiths in the country, not just Ch…
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Soundcheck Special - American Musicians Ashley Jackson and Ken Pomeroy
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Listen to music from American musicians, the harpist Ashley Jackson and the Oklahoma-based Cherokee singer and songwriter Ken Pomeroy. Both sets come from our Soundcheck series of live performances and interviews, available as a twice-weekly podcast, wherever you get podcasts. With her clever guitar playing and powerful stories, Oklahoma-based Cher…
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The incoming mayor and his police commissioner disagree over bail reform. Now a report sheds light on results.
Mayor-to-be Zohran Mamdani's decision to keep Jessica Tisch on as commissioner of the NYPD surprised some of his base. Mamdani has praised Tisch's work rooting out alleged corruption, but the two differ on other strategies regarding public safety. One of those is bail reform. Mamdani supports it. Tisch criticizes it, blaming it for a post-COVID ris…
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The runoff election for Jersey City mayor is this Tuesday, December 2nd. Former Governor Jim McGreevey and city councilmember James Solomon will face off against each other, after neither got enough votes to declare a winner on November 4th WNYC's Morning Edition spoke with both candidates. Councilmember James Solomon told WNYC's Michael Hill why h…
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