Afropop Worldwide 11:00pm-Midnight, Saturday website
The New York Times calls Afropop
Worldwide "... an aural travelogue." The weekly Public Radio International
program is hosted by one of Africa's best-known and best-loved broadcasters,
Georges Collinet from Cameroon. Listeners travel with Collinet to dynamic
musical destinations in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas. There, they
meet emerging stars and experience the ambience of the nightclubs, concert
halls, and homes where some of the planet's most exciting music is happening.
Afropop Worldwide's exclusive live concert recordings and interviews have
introduced American listeners to numerous world-class musicians, including
Khaled from Algeria, Thomas Mapfumo from Zimbabwe, Los Munequitos de Matanzas
from Cuba, and many more.
All Things Considered
3:00 5:30 pm, Monday Friday website
For over 30
years, Americans have relied on All Things Considered from NPR News. This
definitive afternoon newsmagazine offers a comprehensive review of the day's
most important stories, while also providing in-depth interviews, insightful
commentary and intelligent analysis. Hosts Michele Norris, Melissa Block and
Robert Siegel combine their talents with a team of correspondents and
commentators around the globe to bring listeners the highest quality programming
available anywhere. From Moscow to Moncks Corner, South Carolina, All Things
Considered has transformed the way Americans understand the world. As a leader
and innovator in broadcast journalism, it is incisive and intuitive, relevant
and reflective. ATC embraces the details for a more thought-provoking experience
of the day's news. At a time when people may feel a bit alienated from the news,
too vulnerable to technology, All Things Considered breaks through to you,
connecting the human voice to the human condition.
BBC World Service
Midnight 5:00 am, Monday-Sunday website
For
over 60 years, BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source
for news. No other news source has a network of international correspondents,
reporters, and producers to rival BBC. When news breaks -- anywhere, anytime --
BBC is there. BBC is far more than just breaking news, though. It offers a wide
variety of information programming, including programs on arts, sports, science,
and business. Listeners count on BBC to provide superior news and information
programming because they know they can trust BBC World Service -- the global
voice of record.
Car Talk
9:00 10:00 am, Saturday; 11:00 am 12:00 pm, Sunday website
Imagine the Marx Brothers
answering questions about automobiles. Picture Monty Python trying to imitate
car noises. Think of A.J. Foyt telling someone how to open the car hood. Mix it
all up, throw in a little Dr. Ruth and a little Smothers Brothers, and you've
got Car Talk. The program is hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi, better known to
their listeners as "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers." During the show, Tom
and Ray freely dispense expert car advice to callers in the broad accents of
their native East Cambridge neighborhood. But the irreverent program is about
much more than just automotive repair. Whatever the call, Tom and Ray delight
listeners with humor, wit and sagacity.
The
Changing World 6:00am - 7:00am, Saturday website
The Changing
World is a documentary series from the BBC World Service and PRI's The World.
The programs present critical insights and perspectives from around the world
with information on foreign relations, immigration, international security, and
more. Hosted by veteran news anchor Lisa Mullins, The Changing World examines
prominent global concerns, with each program covering a specific issue in-depth,
on topics that range from gunrunning and global crime-fighting to the emerging
China, cultural globalization, and the burgeoning traffic in body parts
worldwide.
The Diane Rehm Show 10:00am-12:00pm, Monday-Friday website
For
more than 25 years, The Diane Rehm Show has offered listeners
thoughtful and lively conversations on an array of topics with many of
the most distinguished people of our times. Each week, more than 1.6
million listeners across the country tune in to the program, which has
grown from a small local morning call-in show on Washington's WAMU to
one of public broadcasting's most-listened-to programs. Diane's guests include many of the nation's top newsmakers, journalists and
authors. Recent guests include former president Bill Clinton, General Tommy
Franks, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Julie Andrews, and Toni Morrison. The
National Journal says Diane is "the class act of the talk radio
world."
Day
to Day 12:00 pm 1:00 pm, Monday Friday website
One remarkable
host, Alex Chadwick, surrounded by a family of first-class correspondents and
contributors, in a one-hour newsmagazine that views the day's events through the
lenses of ideas, beliefs and behaviors. The millions of listeners that start and
end their days with NPR News can now get an NPR "fix" in the middle of the day.
Day to Day provides news with a twist. Smart, fun, fast - it's guilt-free NPR
for people on the go. Whether you're running errands, working, or eating lunch,
Day to Day will keep you up-to-date with major news stories and pique your
interest with intriguing features. Day to Day is hosted by award-winning NPR
correspondent Alex Chadwick and involves new as well as familiar NPR voices,
station-based reporters, and contributors from a new content partner: the online
publication Slate Magazine.
ETown
10:00 11:00 pm, Saturday website
Etown is a mission driven
non-profit organization working to create a strong community, aware of social
and environmental issues through music and conversation. Etown is an exciting
weekly radio broadcast, heard from coast to coast on both NPRฎ and commercial
stations. Like old-time radio variety shows, every Etown show is taped in front
of a live audience and features performances from many of today's top musical
artists as well as conversation and information about our communities and our
environment. Etown is a community builder, featuring diverse music and
interviews with a wide variety of authors, poets and policy-makers, and creating
a constantly expanding "community on the air." With the addition of inspiring
e-chievement awards, listeners all over the country are reminded that individual
efforts really do make a difference. Etown is a place where respect for each
other and our natural environment go hand in hand.
The Folk
Sampler 9:00 10 :00 pm, Saturday website
The Folk Sampler is a radio
program of folk, traditional, bluegrass, and blues, coming to you from the
foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is a radio program of songs that tell
honest stories of the people who write and sing them. The Folk Sampler is about
gardens and home grown tomatoes. It's about making things with your hands. It's
about small towns and home- town people. It's about the big cities and the hurry
that goes with them. The Folk Sampler is about train whistles in the night and
sunshine in the morning. It's about slow moving rivers and the sounds of wooden
canoes. It's about horses in the barn, cows in the field, and the people who
enjoy taking care of them. It's about working in a factory or plowing in the
field. The Folk Sampler is about real people, doing real things. It's about the
stories we have to tell and the lives we live.
Fresh Air
6:00 7:00 pm, Monday Friday website
Fresh Air opens the window on
contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds from literature to
economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and
features program. The veteran public radio interviewer is known for her
extraordinary ability to engage guests of all dispositions. Every weekday she
delights intelligent and curious listeners with revelations on contemporary
societal concerns. "The program has made Ms. Gross a trusted voice and arbiter
in the cultural landscape." New York Times
Global Village 9:00-10:00pm Monday-Friday website
Join
us weeknights at 9 p.m. for a musical journey with Global Village. Host
Chris Heim explores a wide range of music from around the world, along
with jazz, rock and other styles inspired by global sounds. The program
also highlights the many wonderful regional styles from around the
country, including Cajun and Zydeco music from Louisiana, the red
dirt sounds of Texas and Oklahoma, blues from Chicago to the Gulf
Coast and much more. Each month the show also focuses on a particular
artist, style or theme; and each program mixes in classic records, new
releases and topical selections drawing on music news, upcoming
concerts more.
Jazz Cafe
7:05 9:00 pm, Monday Friday website
The Jazz Caf้ is an elegant
blend of jazz, featuring classic artists such as Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery,
Stan Getz and Ella Fitzgerald, along with young lions such as Branford and
Wynton Marsalis. The Jazz Caf้ is hosted by Barry Gaston and can be heard Monday
through Friday, 7:05 to 9pm, right after National Native News.
JazzSet with Dee Dee
Bridgewater 11:00pm - Midnight, Sunday website
JazzSet is
the jazz lover's ears and eyes on the world of live music. Grammy and Tony Award
winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater takes you to stages coast to coast and
beyond for sets from the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, Carnegie Hall,
festivals from Monterey to Montreal to Marciac in France. It presents today's
artists in exciting, recent performances from stages around the world. Closer to
JazzSet's home at WBGO, Newark, the program drops in at nightclubs, campuses and
neighborhoods where people are playing quality jazz to appreciative audiences.
Some of the greatest jazz artists performing on the JazzSet stage include Herbie
Hancock, Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Joe Williams, Dianne Reeves, Shirley
Horn and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band.
Living on Earth
6:00 7:00 am, Sunday website
Steve Curwood hosts Living on Earth, an
award-winning program that delves into the leading issues affecting the world we
inhabit. Living on Earth examines how the human species may evolve; how our
relationships with the natural world, other species and other members of our own
species may change; and how trends in science, technology and medicine will
change how we live, how we think and even our sense of who we are.
Marketplace
5:30 6:00 pm, Monday Friday website
Marketplace, Public Radio
International's daily program about business and finance, is a fresh, new way of
reporting business and finance subjects to the general public. Putting a human
face on the global economy, the program illuminates the ways that international
business and finance relate to listeners' daily lives. Anchored by David
Brancaccio, Marketplace draws on an international group of contributing
reporters, producers, and commentators for its stories. In addition to its 10
U.S.-based news bureaus, Marketplace has international bureaus in London and
Tokyo.
Marketplace Money 11:00am - 12:00pm, Saturday website
The program addresses the topic of personal finance in the ever-irreverent
"Marketplace" style. The Marketplace experts in business and economics put the
week's national and international stories into perspective. It's an intelligent
and informed look at the effect money has on all of us and in turn, what
affects our own financial bottom lines.
Marketplace Morning Report 6:50
& 8:50 am, Monday Friday website
The global economy is hard at
work while Americans sleep, but they can catch up and keep up with Marketplace
Morning Report, a quick, 10-minute comprehensive update on the world of business
and finance. This timely report delivers a global business newscast and a
special feature report. Concise, accurate, engaging, and informative, Morning
Report uses the same confident, witty style that characterizes its parent
program, Marketplace, the award-winning, evening business news show. Marketplace
Morning Report -- business news to start the day.
Moonglow with Gaston 8:00 10:00 pm, Sunday
"A little conversation and a lot of
great jazz." It's Moonglow with Gaston, broadcast on Fridays, from 9-10 p.m.,
just before World Caf้. Jazz aficionados who are used to hearing the best jazz
on KMUW will relish this show featuring interviews with internationally known
jazz artists and their music. The program will also showcase new jazz releases,
including reviews of new CDs. Occasionally, Moonglow will slip into the KMUW
archives for a Flashback Friday, featuring the best in retro jazz. Moonglow
host, Barry Gaston says, "We intend for the program to be a real jazz lovers'
potpourri, complete with interviews with local and national artists, new music
and reviews, and some classic jazz, too."
Morning Edition
5:00 10:00 am, Monday Friday website
Morning
Edition draws public radio's largest audience with in-depth reports of what made
news overnight and what important stories will unfold as the day progresses.
Interim Hosts Steve Innskeep and Renee Montagne, along with a team of widely
respected journalists, commentators and analysts offer millions of listeners a
real alternative to sound bite journalism and confrontational conversation.
Where else can you hear news updates from Carl Kasell, political wisdom from
Cokie Roberts, the ruminations of cowboy-poet Baxter Black, and the spectacle of
sports from John Feinstein and Frank Deford? Morning Edition delivers what you
want and need to make your mornings meaningful and complete. On the air for over
20 years, Morning Edition sets the standard in public radio.
National
Native News 7:00 7:05 pm, Monday Friday website
National Native News is not
just for Natives. As the only daily news and information program focusing on
issues that impact Native Americans, it covers pressing issues that impact
Natives and non-Natives alike: economic development, community and urban
revitalization, environmental protection, health care, cultural preservation,
education, and more. National Native News' coverage of national stories presents
a different perspective from that of the mainstream media. For instance, while
the nation's attention was focused on the North American Free Trade Agreement,
NNN reported on NAFTA's potential effects on economic and sovereignty issues of
tribal lands located near international borders. National Native News provides
the nation with Native news and information, linking all listeners, whether
Alaskan Inuit or Boston-Irish.
New Letters on the
Air 3:30 4:00 pm, Sunday website
New Letters on the Air, the
radio companion to the literary quarterly New Letters, is a half-hour literature
program produced in the studios of KCUR-FM on the University of Missouri-Kansas
City campus. Every week, the program presents a contemporary author reading from
their work and talking with the host about the craft of writing and personal
inspirations. Many are Nobel laureates, winners of Pulitzer Prizes or National
Book Awards. All are distinguished writers of fiction, nonfiction and
poetry.
New Settlers 7:00 - 8:00pm,
Saturday website
Lu Anne Stephens brings you recordings of the best acoustic
performers in local venues.
Marian
McPartland's Piano Jazz 10:00pm - 11:00pm, Sunday website
For more than
twenty years, legendary pianist Marian McPartland has welcomed a stellar line-up
of jazz artists for conversation and improvisation on her Peabody Award-winning
program. Piano Jazz fans say the show's intimate style is "like listening in on
a conversation in someone's living room." And no one but McPartland, with her
engaging personality and improvisational savvy, could host such a variety of
performers in her radio "living room." Piano Jazz is a forum for jazz legends
and influential performers as well as up-and-coming talents. Oscar Peterson,
Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Diana Krall, Max Roach, Cassandra Wilson and Tony
Bennett are among the over 400 guests who have joined McPartland to create
dynamic duets and discuss their lives and music. In 2000, McPartland was named
an NEA American Jazz Master and received the ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award
and the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Award for her contributions to jazz. Her
devotion to Piano Jazz sets this program apart, making it an entertaining
addition to any musical format. Tune into this graceful series each week and
enjoy what The Washington Post calls "an oasis of intelligence and grace and
probably the best hour of jazz on the airwaves."
A
Prairie Home Companion 5:00 7:00 pm, Saturday; 12:00 2:00 pm,
Sunday website
Said the
Washington Post recently, "Garrison Keillor ... is a distinctive American voice,
a humorist and storyteller in the tradition of Mark Twain and Will Rogers, and a
writer whose best medium is radio." Keillor, of course, is the host of the
weekly variety show, A Prairie Home Companion. Each week, listeners hear:
original comedy sketches performed by Keillor and cast, and punctuated by
sound-effects wizard Tom Keith; music by guests from blues singers to string
quartets; stories from the town "that time forgot and decades cannot improve" in
Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon."
Selected
Shorts 2:00 3:00 pm, Sunday website
Symphony
Space in New York City serves as the stage for exciting pairings of authors and
actors. Selected Shorts producers match Oscar and Tony Award-winning actors with
short stories by acclaimed contemporary and classic authors. The results are
magically entertaining events turned into captivating radio programs. Selected
Shorts readers have included: Jane Curtin, Paul Reiser, Leonard Nimoy, Alec
Baldwin, Jerry Orbach and Meryl Streep. Stories include those by great
contemporary writers, in addition to such legends as: Ernest Hemingway, D.H.
Lawrence, Langston Hughes, James Joyce and Willa Cather.
Talk of the Nation
1:00 3:00 pm, Monday Friday website
Talk of the
Nationฎ links the headlines with what's on people's minds, providing a
springboard for listeners and experts to exchange ideas and pose critical
questions about major events in the news and the world around them. Each day,
Talk of the Nation combines the award-winning resources of NPR NewsSM with the
vital participation of listeners. The result is a spirited and productive
exchange of knowledge and insight that delves deeply into the news and ideas of
the day. Monday through Thursday, host Neal Conan invites callers to discuss
areas of topical interest, including politics and public service, education,
religion, music, and healthcare. Talk of the Nation goes behind the headlines
with decision-makers, authors, thinkers, artists, and listeners around the
world, who become part of the conversation by calling 1-800-989-TALK. Each
Friday, journalist Ira Flatow is joined by listeners and studio guests to
explore science-related topics on Talk of the Nation Science
Friday - from subatomic particles and the human genome to the Internet and
earthquakes. Flatow offers in-depth discussion with scientists and others from
all walks of life, giving listeners the chance to hear from the people whose
work influences their daily lives. Talk of the Nation won the prestigious Alfred
I. duPont-Columbia Silver Baton Award in 1994-95 for "The Changing of the Guard:
The Republican Revolution," as well as the 1993-94 duPont-Columbia Silver Baton
for part of NPR's coverage of the South African elections. The program also won
the 1993 Corporation for Public Broadcasting Silver Award.
The
Splendid Table 12:00 - 1:00pm, Saturday website
The Splendid Table
is a culinary, culture, and lifestyle one-hour program that celebrates food and
its ability to touch the lives and feed the souls of everyone. Each week,
award-winning host Lynne Rossetto Kasper leads listeners on a journey of the
senses and hosts discussions with a variety of writers and personalities who
share their passion for the culinary delights.
The Thistle &
Shamrock 8:00 - 9:00pm, Saturday website
Guided by
your host Fiona Ritchie, step into the heart of an ancient tradition of reels,
jigs, ballads, and laments. Then follow the pulse towards new music: an
exuberant blend of irresistible rhythms, emotional voices, and fascinating
instruments.
This
American Life 3:00 4:00 pm, Saturday website
This American Life, with host
Ira Glass, from WBEZ/Chicago, documents and describes contemporary America. It
is, quite literally, a new kind of radio storytelling. Each episode of This
American Life explores a weekly theme through a mix of radio monologues,
mini-documentaries, "found tape," original fiction, and non-fiction. The stories
on This American Life are engaging, intimate, surprising, funny, disturbing,
bittersweet. Glass and his staff have an unusual knack for finding writers and
performers whose work hasn't been heard on radio, and producing their stories
alongside his own disarming commentary in a way that listeners praise as
"riveting," "mesmerizing."
Wait,
Wait...Don't Tell Me! 10:00 11:00 pm, Saturday; 10:00 - 11:00am, Sunday website
The Oddly
Informative NPR News Quiz Show! Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! takes a fast-paced and
irreverent look at the news of the world. Wait, Wait goes over the week that was
with a fine toothed comb (or sledgehammer, if needed) to question panelists and
entertain listeners on the stories Bob Edwards and Linda Wertheimer don't always
have time to cover. Each week, host Peter Sagal quizzes the panel and listeners
to determine just how closely they paid attention to the week's news and
newsmakers. Wait, Wait... for the NPR news junkie, and for those with an ear for
truth that is stranger than fiction!
Weekend All Things
Considered 4:00 5:00 pm, Saturday; 5:00 6:00 pm Sunday
website
Weekend All
Things Considered provides reliable, in-depth coverage of the news every
Saturday and Sunday. In addition to reporting breaking stories, this
newsmagazine features perspectives and analysis on the top stories from the past
week. But Weekend All Things Considered also looks to the week ahead by
anticipating the news whether in the heartland, Washington, D.C. or foreign
destinations. Weekend All Things Considered keeps an ear out for the unusual
those timely, amusing stories that intrigue and entertain listeners, as well as
stories with an intimate and personal touch. Host Steve Inskeep brings
intelligence, depth and laughter to the weekend, whether speaking with
musicians, artists, politicians, or newsmakers.
Weekend Edition Saturday
7:00 9:00 am, Saturday website
The news
doesn't rest on the weekends and neither do we. Turn to Weekend Edition Saturday
it's worth the effort. This show's refreshing combination of news, commentary,
analysis and features provides you with a unique perspective on events and
starts your weekend days off with a sizzle. Peabody Award-winning host Scott
Simon, no stranger to the front lines in Bosnia and El Salvador, proves just as
comfortable in the homes and cars of listeners to the program. He brings
singular insight and good humor to his role as host of Weekend Edition Saturday.
Over its 15-year history, Weekend Edition Saturday has developed a stable of
thoroughbred commentators, including entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell, sports
columnist Ron Rapoport, gardening guru Ketzel Levine and NPR senior news analyst
Daniel Schorr as a weekly show regular.
Weekend Edition
Sunday 7:00 10:00 am, Sunday website
Weekend
Edition Sunday, with Liane Hansen, is a program that complements that day
perfectly, delivering the latest news, along with an insightful blend of
commentary and analysis, blended with interviews and feature stories about
music, history, science and sports - a show that appeals to the most eclectic
tastes. Regular contributors and features include Daniel Schorr; Steven Stark;
Will Shortz, the puzzle editor of The New York Times; technology commentator
Rich Dean; Ned Wharton's "Directors Cuts," delivering new music in
listener-friendly packages; and resident satirists from The Montana Logging and
Ballet Company providing their distinctive spin on the day's events. Weekend
Edition Saturday and Weekend Edition Sunday shows that will make you want to
stay by your radio for that second cup of coffee every Saturday and Sunday
morning.
Michael Feldman's
Whad'Ya Know? 1:00 pm 3:00 pm, Saturday website
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? is
a two-hour comedy/quiz/interview show that is dynamic, varied, and thoroughly
entertaining. Michael Feldman invites contestants to answer questions drawn from
his seemingly limitless store of insignificant (but also somehow, important)
information. Callers and audience members compete for "useless prizes" --
including, among other things, pink flamingo lawn ornaments. Regular program
elements include a Whad'Ya Know? quiz in each hour, an offbeat interview (or
perhaps a hotline call-in) with someone not making the headlines.
What's the Word?
3:00 - 3:30pm, Saturday website
First broadcast in April 1997, What's
the Word? was developed to show how the study of language and literature
enriches people's lives. Journey down this literary lane to experience a wide
range of topics related to reading and writing. Produced by the 114-year-old
Modern Language Association, each show explores one topic ranging from
Post-Apartheid Literature in South Africa, American Musicals, The Avant-Garde,
Chinese Women's Poetry, W.E.B. Du Bois, The Harry Potter Phenomenon, and
Literature of Friendship. Each show includes three expert commentators exploring
different aspects of the week's subject. Sally Placksin (Jazz Profiles) writes,
produces, and hosts What's the Word?. Sound design maestro Duke Markos (JazzSet
with Dee Dee Bridgewater) is technical director. If you love books, you'll love
What's the Word?.
World Cafe
10:00 pm Midnight, Monday Friday website
World Cafe is a cutting-edge,
two-hour program of alternative contemporary music for adults. It offers a broad
range of innovative sounds drawn from contemporary American as well as
international music. Host David Dye presents musicthat is familiar but also
showcases works by new and emerging artists -- music that is very new and very
exciting. A typical hour of World Cafe contains in-studio artist performances,
music-intensive features, and artist interviews. Its music ranges from rock,
reggae, and American and English folk to Brazilian pop and rock 'n' roll. The
World Cafe appeals to listeners who enjoy music that is varied, fresh, and two
steps ahead of the mainstream.
The
Writer's Almanac 7:35 am, Monday Friday website
The Writer's Almanac is a
five-minute daily program of poetry and history hosted by Garrison Keillor. Each
day's module contains a historical calendar followed by a short poem.
Zorba Paster On Your
Health 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Sunday website
Dr. Zorba Paster and
co-host Tom Clark talk about what's new in medicine, share tips for healthy
living and, because good health starts with good nutrition, share a low-fat
"Heart-Healthy Recipe of the Week." And, in his unique style, Dr. Zorba will
answer myriad health, fitness, and nutrition questions from listeners coast to
coast.
