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Snow Day: NYC Schools Closed Tomorrow

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:58 GMT

New York City public schools will be closed tomorrow, in anticipation of the snow storm. All after-school activities and athletic leagues will also be canceled. The Department of Education says morni....

Trouble in Europe (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 09 February 2010)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:59 GMT

Peter Coy, economics editor for Bloomberg BusinessWeek, discusses the troubling economies of Portugal and Greece, and how their weakness could spell trouble for more stable nations around the world.

City Runs Out of Federal Housing Vouchers

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:13 GMT

The Cruz family. Thousands of formerly homeless families are heading towards a state of housing limbo as city and state officials decide what to do about a shortage of federal housing vouche....

At School in the Museum

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:44 GMT

Joel Cracraft, a curator of ornithology, teaching an evolution class. Students studying to become biologists usually go straight from college to a masters or Ph.D. program at a university. But t....

Country Driving (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 09 February 2010)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00 GMT

Peter Hessler, longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, talks about his seven-year road trip around China, tracking how the automobile and improved roads were transforming the country. In Country Driving, he describes his trips to the Tibetan plateau, to the small farming village Sancha, and to Lishui, a small southeastern city--all places being changed by new roads, growing traffic, and a more mobile society.

Event: Peter Hessler will be speaking
Tuesday, February 9, at at 6:30 pm
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue, at 71st Street

P-Star Rising (Soundcheck: Tuesday, 09 February 2010)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00 GMT

When she was nine years old, Priscilla Star Diaz became P-Star. At night, she rapped in lower Manhattan nightclubs. During the day, she napped in the one-room shelter in Harlem she shared with her father and sister while longing for her crack-addicted mother. Filmmaker Gabriel Noble followed her dreams and dramas for four years to make the documentary P-Star Rising. Noble and Priscilla join us to talk about the film.

Watching Closely (The Leonard Lopate Show: Tuesday, 09 February 2010)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00 GMT

On today’s show, we’ll take a look into the world of corporate espionage. And bestselling author Alex Berenson talks about his latest thriller The Midnight House. Then, Maaza Mengiste discusses her debut novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, which is set in Addis Ababa before the revolution in the 1970s. Also, The New Yorker’s longtime Beijing correspondent, Peter Hessler tells us about his seven-year road trip around China, and what it means that automobiles have replaced bicycles as the favored mode of transportation there.

Beating the Drummer Stereotype (Soundcheck: Tuesday, 09 February 2010)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00 GMT

Led Zeppelin's late drummer John Bonham was notorious for his booze intake and fist fights. The Who's Keith Moon once drove a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool. But drummers can also be the steady foundation of any band. Today, a debate on whether drummers deserve all that bashing. Also: the incredible story of Priscilla, a talented 9 year-old rapper, as told in the new documentary P-Star Rising.

Paterson Denounces Rumors

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49 GMT

Governor Paterson came out swinging at the media today for advancing what he says are false allegations about extra-marital affairs and illegal drug use. A Paterson spokesperson says the governor thi....

Black History Month Programming

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:08 GMT

To celebrate Black History month, WNYC will air five special programs during the week of February 8-12 at 8PM on both 93.9FM and AM820. We will also offer three additional programs on consecutive S....