12:00am BBC World Service
6:00am Performance Today Live concerts by famous artists in concert halls around the globe and from the American Public Media studios as well as interviews, news and features. Daily program information is available in the HPR-1 program listings.
8:00am The Conversation with Beth-Ann Kozlovich and Chris Vandercook. For, by, and about the people of Hawaii, the co-hosts will be talking to all sorts of people about all sorts of things, from the state’s budget crisis to huli-huli chicken, with island-to-island interviews and features on science, arts and culture, agriculture, politics, tourism, and of course everyday life.
9:00am Monday-Thursday The Takeaway The Takeaway is the national morning news program that delivers the news and analysis you need to catch up, start your day, and prepare for what's ahead. Host John Hockenberry, along with the The New York Times and WGBH Boston, invites listeners every morning to learn more and be part of the American conversation on-air and online here at thetakeaway.org. The Takeaway is a unique partnership of global news leaders. It is a co-production of PRI (Public Radio International) and WNYC Radio in collaboration with The New York Times and WGBH Boston.
9:00am Friday Science Friday Journalist Ira Flatow is joined by listeners and studio guests to explore science-related topics - 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.
10:00am Monday-Thursday BBC World Service
11:00am The World
12:00pm All Things Considered
2:00pm BBC World Service
3:00pm Fresh Air 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.
4:00pm-6:00pm (see below for daily programming)
6:00pm Marketplace Award-winning Marketplace is public radio's daily magazine on business and economics news "for the rest of us."
6:30pm-midnight (see below for daily programming)
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4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. Global warming promises more intense heat, more devastating storms and rising seas, around the world, and in the back yard of Boston, Living on Earth’s home. A mayoral task force is dedicated to analyzing and preparing for that future ahead of time. Also, the special place trees that we protect and nurture have in our hearts and our landscape.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. Low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind are rapidly shifting to a higher percentage of the way Americans power their homes and workplaces, says Tufts Prof. William Moomaw, who wrote the UN report on renewable energy.
7:00pm Intelligence Squared U.S. Can Central Banks Print Prosperity? Central banks all around the world have been printing money. This policy, known as quantitative easing in banker jargon, has driven up the price of stocks and bonds. But will it lead to real and sustainable increases in global growth, or is it sowing the seeds of future inflation? The debaters are Roger Bootle, Edward Conard, Simon Johnson, and Andrew Huszar.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
2 TUESDAY
4:00pm Travel with Rick Steves. It's more than a quarter century since the nations of the former Warsaw Pact emerged from living under Soviet Communism. Learn about the sites you can visit in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to get a feel for the Communist era in central and eastern Europe. We'll also explore the allure of a road trip in flatlands, where the unobstructed view makes the sky seem closer, and hear what kind of cross-cultural issues emerge when Europeans marry Americans.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Heroes and Villains “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” (excerpt), by Michael Chabon, performed by Aya Cash. “ReBoot Me,” by Larry Doyle, performed by Chip Kidd; “I am Not a Jew,” by John Biguenet, performed by David Strathairn. Guest host: Hope Davis.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air Winner of the 2012 Bellday Prize for his fifth book of poetry, PIE 8, Dennis Finnell discusses his unique approach to composing this work and how it differs from his 2014 collection, RUINS ASSEMBLING. In this interview with NEW LETTERS magazine editor Robert Stewart, Finnell talks about reflecting on memories through poetry and describes finding meaning and value in life through language.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
3 WEDNESDAY
4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Tech Nation broadcasts from the international biotechnology conference; BIO 2016 in San Francisco. The buzz centers around the effects of repeated head injury, antidotes to opioid abuse, drug pricing, and the global challenge of drug resistant bacteria.
5:00pm Bytemarks Café with Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa.
6:30pm CounterSpin with Janine Jackson. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. Combining lively discussion and a thoughtful media critique, CounterSpin is unlike any other show on the dial. CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news; censored stories; sexism, racism and homophobia in the news; the power of corporate influence; gaffes and goofs by leading TV pundits; TV news’ narrow political spectrum; attacks on free speech; and more.
7:00pm Invisibilia Outside In If you just rearrange something on the surface, does the inside follow? The idea that you can fake it until you become it is very trendy — from power posing to smile therapy — but can true change happen from the outside in? In this episode, co-hosts Hanna Rosin and Alix Spiegel, along with new contributors, tell stories about people who rearranged things on the surface and experienced change in unexpected ways.
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
4 THURSDAY
4:00pm Says You! Taped in front of live audiences at various locations nationwide, 'Says You!' features six panelists divided into two teams of three that bluff, guess, and expound their way through this fast-paced program.
5:00pm Town Square with Beth-Ann Kozlovich.
6:30pm With Good Reason with Sarah McConnell The Music of the Glaciers Matthew Burtner (University of Virginia) spent much of his childhood near glaciers in Alaska. Now he is creating music from the sounds of the melting glaciers to raise awareness of climate change. And: How are rising oceans changing the lifestyles of the people of Tahiti? Archeologist Jenny Kahn (College of William and Mary) is documenting 1,000 years of the movements of Tahitian people. Plus: Centuries of dried plants carefully preserved by botanists are stashed away in drawers and cabinets all over the American Southeast. Andrea Weeks (George Mason University) is part of an enormous project to digitize 3.4 million plant specimens, perhaps discovering new species in the process.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner. Does early education come way too late? Stephen goes with the Thirty Million Words Initiative to the place where most early learning happens-- homes. Plus, an education reform idea that helps students learn, at the cost of only ten dollars per child.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
5 FRIDAY
4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. Danny McBride has built a comedy empire by playing foul-mouthed, egotistical jerks — but he wants you to know that he’s not really like that. Also, the writer-director Sian Heder explains how a lousy job she took when she was just starting out inspired her new movie, “Tallulah.” And we travel back in time 200 years, to the climate catastrophe that inspired Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.”
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. The Democratic Party and the media are wondering whether the Green Party will once again splinter Democratic votes in November. We look at the myths and realities surrounding third parties. Plus, Ralph Nader weighs in on the widespread notion that he spoiled the 2000 election for Al Gore.
6:30pm Left, Right & Center Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. This weekly "love-hate relationship of the air" features the most insightful news analysts anywhere. This week, Josh Barro, Senior Editor at Business Insider, moderates from the Center. On the Left is Margie Omero, Democratic Pollster and EVP at PSB Research. Rich Lowry of National Review is on the Right, and A.J. Delgado, conservative columnist, lawyer, and Trump supporter, is our special guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. For more than 50 years, John Lewis has been a leading figure of the Civil Rights movement, and for nearly 30 he’s represented Georgia in Congress. At the New Yorker Festival, Lewis told David about how he’s stuck by his commitment to nonviolence, and remained optimistic about social progress in an institution everybody agrees is dysfunctional. And in a singular interview, Paul Simon walks through the process of writing a song -- line by line.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow. Percussionist Airto is featured.
10:00pm B-Sides and Beyond with Jon Alan
6 SATURDAY
12:00am Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
5:00am Weekend Edition NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
9:00am The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper. We have a visit from explorer Ann Bancroft and her latest project Access Water a multi-year project that launched with an eight woman, 1500-mile expedition following the Ganges river to call attention to the world’s fresh water crisis. We meet the director of Old Fashioned, The Story of the Wisconsin Supper Club and the irrepressible British gardening expert Jekka Mcvikar tells us that herb we are missing in our kitchens is celery leaf. Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Where Am I? (rebroadcast) How does your brain keep track of your body? This hour, we tell stories of the mind-body link gone terribly wrong. We’ll puzzle through the mysteries of missing limbs and hear about a novel treatment involving optical illusions. Plus, the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch, and we hear from pilots who suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets.
11:00am Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me Callers, panelists, and guests compete by answering questions about the week's events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightning speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks. Bill Kurtis is official judge and scorekeeper.
12:00pm All Things Considered NPR's newsmagazine presenting breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.
1:00pm This American Life Don’t Have to Live Like A Refugee We return to Greece with stories of people trying to move on with their lives in whatever way they can. We meet a couple trying who fell in love even though they weren't expecting anything like that to happen, and even though her family didn't approve. The guy in the couple was undeterred. We also meet a shopkeeper a camp who's running what amounts to a cigarette charity.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Firemen, Bourbon, and Bathhouses A literary woman sparks a romance with a New York City fireman, Jim Beam's great-grandson describes growing up under the watchful eye of his famous Kentucky bourbon family, and a father and son battle liberal guilt in a sauna. Hosted by The Moth's Artistic Director, Catherine Burns.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download "Orphan Black” star Tatiana Maslany plays clones, twins, and Ying Yang Twins… Nicholas Hoult (“Mad Max: Fury Road,” the new “Kill Your Friends”) revels in a bit of depravity – and a good fanny pack… “American Psycho” gets the Broadway treatment, from Tony winner Duncan Sheik… A portrait of Georgia O’Keefe as a young woman… A Chicago priest battles the “Polish Edison” over credit for the bulletproof vest… And the band Heron Oblivion transports us to a rustic seaside dinner party — so rustic, in fact, that it’s set in a chicken coop.
4:00pm Brazilian Experience with Sandy Tsukiyama
6:00pm Bridging the Gap with Nicholas Yee
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow. Bassist/bandleader Charlie Haden is featured.
10:00pm Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
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12:00am Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
2:00am Blues before Sunrise with Steve Cushing
5:00am Weekend Edition NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
10:00am Krista Tippett On Being The Brazilian lyricist Paulo Coelho is best known for his book, The Alchemist — which has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 400 weeks. His fable-like stories turn life, love, writing, and reading into pilgrimage. In a rare conversation, we meet the man behind the writings and explore what he’s touched in modern people.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Impermanence and Interconnectedness (repeat) How can mindfulness allow us to by-pass reactivity? How do we cultivate a sense of spaciousness? Buddhist teacher and author Bodhipaksa helps us find a sense of oneness, stillness, and perfectness. Bodhipaksa is the author of “Living As a River: Finding Fearlessness in the Face of Change.” Program #3387.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Shifting Time (rebroadcast) We live our lives by the calendar and the clock, but time is also an abstraction, even an illusion. In this hour, TED speakers explore how our sense of time changes depending on who and where we are.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Lead-Up to Oklahoma! Oklahoma! was the start of something new, but it was also the culmination of many things that preceded it.
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Our summer rebroadcasts continue with a replay of our season finale from July 2010 at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. American songwriter par excellence John Prine sings One Red Rose and The Great Compromise; master of the diatonic harmonica Howard Levy tears through his arrangement of Orange Blossom Special, and adds a little flair throughout the show; and Andra Suchy joins the host on a few duets from Mr. Prine’s impressive catalog. Plus: Guy Noir heads to Chicago to save Wrigley Field from nefarious developers, The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band celebrate summer with Hammock Dreams, and in Lake Wobegon, Pastor Liz takes a permanent position at the Lutheran Church after the interim pastor returns to South Dakota. (Beginning in October, musician extraordinaire Chris Thile will take over for Garrison Keillor as the new host of A Prairie Home Companion. Chris' wide range of musical taste, paired with his vast network of famous and talented friends, will draw new, diverse talent to public radio.)
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Blues Born and Learned: Bobby Rush & Sonny Landreth (repeat) Join us as we visit with the King of the Chitlin Circuit, Bobby Rush. The singer, songwriter, manager, harmonica player, guitarist and bus driver talks about a life in the blues and breaks down his famous stage show. Mississippi-born, Louisiana-bred guitarist Sonny Landreth drops by for a live set and reveals his special technique with the slide.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Part 2
8 MONDAY
4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. DDT is banned in the U.S., but it still remains in our environment, and new research shows baby girls exposed to the pesticide in the womb are almost four times more likely to develop breast cancer fifty years later. Also, more and more women are revolutionizing the farm by forging a new and more creative path on the land.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. George Mumford has trained superstar athletes, including basketball greats Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant in how mental focus can enhance athletic performance. He describes being in "the zone," a state of relaxed receptivity.
7:00pm Intelligence Squared U.S. Does the Equal Protection Clause Forbid Racial Preferences in State University Admissions? The constitutionality of racial preferences in college admissions will be back before the Supreme Court this term. One side may argue that these preferences level the playing field, remedy prior discrimination, and enhance diversity within the classroom, thus redeeming the true promise of equal protection. But the other may say that these preferences are racial discrimination pure and simple, the precise evil that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteeth amendment was intended to forbid. The debaters are Roger Clegg, Deborah Archer, Erwin Chemerinsky, and Stuart Taylor, Jr.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
9 TUESDAY
4:00pm Travel with Rick Steves. Find out how to "do like the Romans do," in the neighborhoods where today's citizens of Rome like to hang out. Hear about the crazy rides travel writer Will Hide has been on lately, cycling across the hills of Rwanda, and driving what the locals in India call "the world's most dangerous road," from Delhi into the Himalayas. Plus, guides from Slovenia and Bosnia take listener calls to help plan fun trips into the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
5:00pm Selected Shorts End of the Line “Apocalypse” by Jack Handey, performed by Jane Kazcmarek; “Encounters with Unexpected Animals” by Bret Anthony Johnston, performed by Kirsten Vangsness; “The Wish,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Pablo Schreiber; “Indianapolis (Highway 74),” by Sam Shepard, performed by Bryan Cranston. Guest host: Jane Kaczmarek.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air Irish poet Anne Marie Fyfe talks about the relationship her poetry has with the renowned writer W.B. Yeats. Recorded at an event as part of the 2015 Kansas City Irish Festival, Fyfe, who is the creator of Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubador, reads from her various works of poetry, including her most recent collection, HOUSE OF SMALL ABSENCES.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
10 WEDNESDAY
4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Moira speaks with Dr. Shai Gozani, President and CEO of Neurometrix about treating chronic pain, not with drugs, but with a small device you can wear unobserved. Then, on BioTech Nation, Dr. Theodora Ross, Director of the Cancer Genetics Program at Southwestern Medical Center, tells us about the nature of cancer susceptibility genes. Her book is “A Cancer in the Family … Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance.”
5:00pm Bytemarks Café with Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa.
6:30pm CounterSpin with Janine Jackson. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. Combining lively discussion and a thoughtful media critique, CounterSpin is unlike any other show on the dial. CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news; censored stories; sexism, racism and homophobia in the news; the power of corporate influence; gaffes and goofs by leading TV pundits; TV news’ narrow political spectrum; attacks on free speech; and more.
7:00pm Invisibilia The Secret History of Thoughts asks the question, “Are my thoughts related to my inner wishes, do they reveal who I really am?” The answer can have profound consequences for your life. Hear the story of a man gripped by violent thoughts, and explore how various psychologists make sense of his experience. Also, meet a man trapped inside his head for 13 years with thoughts as his only companion.
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Says You! Taped in front of live audiences at various locations nationwide, 'Says You!' features six panelists divided into two teams of three that bluff, guess, and expound their way through this fast-paced program.
5:00pm Town Square with Beth-Ann Kozlovich.
6:30pm With Good Reason with Sarah McConnell Rushing in to Help Soon after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, thousands of people dropped everything in their comfortable lives to rush south and help out. Many of them were professional nurses. Deborah Ulmer (Longwood University) interviewed nurses who volunteered after Katrina and says the experience changed their lives forever. Also: Help may be coming for people who have intense flight anxiety. Lindsey Harvell and Tatjana M. Hocke-Mirzashvili (James Madison University) are investigating the causes of a fear of flying and how to fix it. Plus: Brian Puaca (Christopher Newport University) traces the patriotic roots of the comic book and now movie superhero Captain America.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner. How can the world maximize its return on investment for every dollar spent on development aid? Stephen talks with Bjorn Lomborg of the Copenhagen Consensus Center about his recommendations for the United Nation’s new development goals. Plus, is learning a foreign language really worth it? If being fluent in a second language doesn’t boost earnings, are there other benefits?
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
12 FRIDAY
4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. Eric Whitacre has written extremely popular choral music — but his real breakthrough came when, over YouTube, he started inviting amateur singers from all over the world to join in. Also, how Aimee Mann tried to understand a friend’s death by writing a song. And composer Julia Wolfe digs deep into the culture of coal country with her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio “Anthracite Fields.”
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. Political commentators have repeatedly, reliably, been wrong this election season. There was the improbable Bernie Sanders. The inevitable Jeb Bush. The passing-fad Donald Trump. Now that we've landed so far from where we began, On the Media examines why pundits make such bad predictions, and why they probably won't stop.
6:30pm Left, Right & Center Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. This weekly "love-hate relationship of the air" features the most insightful news analysts anywhere. This week, Josh Barro, Senior Editor at Business Insider, moderates from the Center. Rich Lowry of the National Review is on the Right. On the Left is Gene Sperling, economic advisor to Presidents Clinton and Obama, and candidate Hillary Clinton. Keli Goff of the Daily Beast, and host of WNYC's series, Political Party, is our special guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. Summer in the City Cutting and sewing woolen winter coats during a sweltering summer in a factory without air-conditioning -- just watching the workers was a torture for a young Arthur Miller. In this episode, F. Murray Abraham reads Miller’s essay “Before Air-Conditioning.” New Yorker staff writer Jiayang Fan talks with novelist Janice Y. K. Lee about class in Hong Kong; comic book writer Marjorie Liu discusses the need for more heroines in comics; and two short story writers go fly fishing.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow Guitarist Pat Metheny is featured.
10:00pm B-Sides and Beyond with Jon Alan
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12:00am Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
5:00am Weekend Edition NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
9:00am The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper. We talk to Leanne Brown, author of “Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day.” Wendy Suzuki, author of “Healthy Brain, Happy Life,” shares recent evidence that you can benefit your brain by giving it a smell and taste workout. And curator Josh Kun’s latest project is “To Live and Dine in L.A.,” a collection of over 9,000 menus dating back to 1875. Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Games (repeat) A good game--whether it's a pro football playoff, or a family showdown on the kitchen table--can make you feel, at least for a little while, like your whole life hangs in the balance. This hour, Jad and Robert wonder why we get so invested in something so trivial. What is it about games that make them feel so pivotal?
11:00am Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me Callers, panelists, and guests compete by answering questions about the week's events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightning speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks. Bill Kurtis is official judge and scorekeeper.
12:00pm All Things Considered NPR's newsmagazine presenting breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.
1:00pm This American Life My Summer Self Summer is a time when change seems more possible than ever. But is that really how it happens? Can people actually reinvent themselves in the warmer months? This week we present stories — and some comedy — about people and their summer selves.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Adolescence and Agony A teenage boy has a standing Saturday night date with his grandma, a young woman worries when her mother intercepts a romantic letter, a teen faces a wild buck in the woods, a quest for a perfect first kiss, and a middle school mystery..involving a treasured pencil case. Hosted by the founder of the Moth, George Dawes Green.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download We talk with Allison Janney, star of the CBS sitcom “Mom,” about the humor in life’s heavy stuff… Alan Palomo, better known as Neon Indian, DJs your bomb shelter dinner party (but you’ll have to bring your own food)… Bon Appetit’s Adam Rapoport on how to pre-game for a food coma… The veteran producer behind “The Jeffersons” and “All in the Family,” Norman Lear, tells you how to behave… Up-and-coming comedy writer John Mulaney reveals the secret way to make him agree to anything… Plus, why scientists are studying the surface area of cats, one of France’s most peculiar battle strategies, and more!
4:00pm Brazilian Experience with Sandy Tsukiyama
6:00pm Bridging the Gap with Nicholas Yee
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow Guitarist Pat Metheny is featured.
10:00pm Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
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12:00am Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
2:00am Blues before Sunrise with Steve Cushing
5:00am Weekend Edition NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
10:00am Krista Tippett On Being A philosopher of ecology, Joanna Macy’s path wound from the CIA to Tibetan Buddhism, to translating the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. We take that exquisite poetry as a lens on her wisdom on the great dramas of our time: ecological, political, personal. Now in her 80s, Joanna Macy says we are at a pivotal moment in history — with possibilities of unraveling, or of creating, a life-sustaining human society.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Outliving the Limitation of Our Personal Stories (repeat) The stories we tell ourselves about our childhood and our present life are like clothing we put on. But do these tales tell us who we truly are? Gangaji says, "For better and worse, our stories become the reference points for defining who we are, who we are with, and what it all means." How do we separate ourselves from this narrative and uncover the truth of our lives? Gangaji is a spiritual teacher and author of Hidden Treasure: Uncovering the Truth in Your Life Story.” Program #3415.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Brand Over Brain (rebroadcast) Brands help us assign value to almost everything we buy. But is there a way to know the difference between real and created value? In this episode, TED speakers explore the seductive power of brands.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm I Am and I Want Two kinds of songs that sound generic unless you write them for a musical that cares about character.
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Another season finale rebroadcast, as we look back to July 2011 and a show at the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, the gem of the Berkshires up in Lenox, Massachusetts. Our future host Chris Thile and his Nickel Creek bandmate Sara Watkins team up for the Everly Brothers' "You're the One I Love," and then show off a few tricks individually, Chris on the Bill Monroe classic "Rabbit in the Log," and Sara on Ron Wood's "Mystifies Me." Plus: Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele blow the roof off the Shed with "This Will Be an Everlasting Love," Christine DiGiallonardo adds her voice to a few songs and duets, Dusty and Lefty stumble upon a Singer Songwriter competition held in a bathroom (the acoustics are really good!), and the gents of The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band deliver an instrumental take on "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." In Lake Wobegon: Memories of the winter Great Aunt Cooter went berserk can help keep you cool during a summer heatwave. (Beginning in October, musician extraordinaire Chris Thile will take over for Garrison Keillor as the new host of A Prairie Home Companion. Chris' wide range of musical taste, paired with his vast network of famous and talented friends, will draw new, diverse talent to public radio.)
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Lovers, Brothers and Others: Making Sweet Music Together (repeat) Music made by couples, families and siblings often has a special quality. The same is true of people who have a musical attraction to one another: Lennon and McCartney, or Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Country traditionalist and mandolin player Marty Stuart was 12 years old when he met country chanteuse Connie Smith at a road show in his native Mississippi. Decades later Marty and Connie were married. They talk about their spring-fall relationship and making music together as "old souls." We'll talk to Joan Baez about writing for Bob Dylan and her singing his songs. Plus the Black Keys tell us how they teamed up, as did real brothers Trombone Shorty and James Andrews. We'll also hear from the Cajun married duo of Marc and Ann Savoy.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs Special Consensus Live (2009)
15 MONDAY
4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. Our noisy oceans pose a threat to creatures like orcas; as they struggle to be heard over the din, they could need to find more food, which is sometimes scarce. But there’s good news for sea-life too; lights attached to nets help shrimpers keep unwanted species out of their trawls.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. An American pediatric brain surgeon describes his remarkable recent journey to Africa, where he volunteered to perform highly specialized operations on poor children in Uganda, and also met inspiring local medical colleagues.
7:00pm Intelligence Squared U.S. Should The U.S. Let In 100,000 Syrian Refugees? Since the Syrian Civil War began in 2011, more than 4 million Syrians have fled the country, creating the greatest refugee crisis since World War II. The United States has taken in just over 2,000 Syrian refugees since the war’s start, and the Obama administration has pledged to take another 10,000 in 2016. What are our moral obligations, and what are the cultural, economic, and security issues that must be taken into account? Should the U.S. let in 100,000 Syrian refugees? The debaters are Robert Ford, David Frum, David Miliband, and Jessica Vaughan..
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
16 TUESDAY
4:00pm Travel with Rick Steves. The Irish enjoy their own way of doing things. We'll find out how Gaelic sports reflect a distinctly Irish identity, as the nation gears up for another All-Ireland Championship in September. We'll also hear why an American travel writer chose to relocate to Ho Chi Minh City, what it's like to live in Vietnam as an ex-pat, and what he enjoys about touring the country. Plus, listeners recall some of their favorite travel memories from Ireland, Italy, Croatia and Montenegro.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Enviable Characters “The Sound of Summer Running,” by Ray Bradbury, performed by Sean Astin; “I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth,” by Margaret Atwood, performed by Kirsten Vangsness; “Shiftless Little Loafers,” by Susan Orlean, performed by Dave Hill. Guest host: Robert Sean Leonard.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air In the first part of this interview, Scotland native Robin Robertson, winner of the 2010 T.S. Eliot Prize, comes to Kansas City to shares some of his chilling and indicative poetry. In this interview with NEW LETTERS magazine editor Robert Stewart, Robertson talks about how mythology influenced his writing, as well as his writing techniques and experience in publishing. He reads from his 2014 books of poetry SAILING THE FOREST.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Moira speaks with Dr. Sandra Aamodt, former editor of Nature Neuroscience, and author of “Why Diets Make Us Fat … The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss” Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Eduardo Esquenazi, founder and CEO of Sirenas Marine Discovery, discusses bioprospecting for new drugs in the ocean.
5:00pm Bytemarks Café with Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa.
6:30pm CounterSpin with Janine Jackson. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. Combining lively discussion and a thoughtful media critique, CounterSpin is unlike any other show on the dial. CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news; censored stories; sexism, racism and homophobia in the news; the power of corporate influence; gaffes and goofs by leading TV pundits; TV news’ narrow political spectrum; attacks on free speech; and more.
7:00pm Invisibilia Fearless (rebroadcast) We explore what would happen if you could disappear fear. We’ll hear about the striking (and rare) case of a woman with no fear. The second half of the show explores how the rest of us might "turn off" fear.
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Says You! Taped in front of live audiences at various locations nationwide, 'Says You!' features six panelists divided into two teams of three that bluff, guess, and expound their way through this fast-paced program.
5:00pm Town Square with Beth-Ann Kozlovich.
6:30pm With Good Reason with Sarah McConnell Dragons of Inaction This summer, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. Robert Gifford (University of Victoria) explains that what he calls “the dragons of inaction” keep us from changing our behaviors, even if we know they’re bad for the environment. Plus: Ed Maibach (George Mason University) is starting conversations about climate change in unexpected places: Facebook, the doctor’s office, and the TV weather report.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner How to Win a Nobel Prize Stephen talks with one of the people who choose the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. And we learn as many of his secrets as we can pry out of him. Plus, what can we learn about strategic thinking from author Jane Austen?
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. Revered British critic Clive James aims his razor wit at the golden age of cable drama – and he finds that even shows with dragons deserve some respect. Plus, Nadja Spiegelman grew up in a family that encourages artistic expression – her mother is the New Yorker’s art editor and her father is the author of “Maus.” But when she started writing a memoir about her mother’s family, she discovered that not all truth-telling is welcome. And the trans actress Hari Nef lands the role of a lifetime, straight out of college.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. Contrary to popular belief, sales of physical, paper books are up by the millions. On the Media devotes a special hour to the publishing industry and the resurgence of print--from Amazon’s flirtation with brick-and-mortar bookstores to suppliers who sell books by the foot as decorative objects. Plus, the subversive history of adult coloring books.
6:30pm Left, Right & Center Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. This weekly "love-hate relationship of the air" features the most insightful news analysts anywhere. Today, Josh Barro, Senior Editor at Business Insider, moderates from the Center. On the Left is Margie Omero, Democratic Pollster and EVP at PSB Research. Rich Lowry of the National Review is on the Right.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. Exactly twenty-five years ago, an attempted coup rattled the Soviet Union, and the fate of the world hung in the balance. Masha Lipman and David remember how they reported on that coup, and how it shaped the path to power of Vladimir Putin. Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton's top policy advisor, assesses the challenges from Putin that are shaping the presidential election. New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz talks with a high school grad who's putting Harvard on hold, hoping to break big in pop music.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow. A memorial to vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, who passed away Monday, focusing on his first few years of recording.
10:00pm B-Sides and Beyond with Jon Alan
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12:00am Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
5:00am Weekend Edition NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
9:00am The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper. J Kenji Lopez Alt of Serious Eats introduces us to zhug, the Yemenite hot sauce that could topple sriracha from its perch. Molly Birnbaum, of Cook’s Science from America’s Test Kitchen, is back with her monthly lesson for home cooks, this time it’s all things ice cream and contributor Russ Parsons talks to Anya Fernald, founder of Bel Campo Meat Company and author of “Home Cooked: Essential Recipes for a New Way to Cook.” Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Colors (rebroadcast) To what extent is color a physical thing in the physical world, and to what extent is it created in our minds? We start with Sir Isaac Newton. Then, we meet a sea creature that sees a rainbow way beyond anything humans can experience, and we track down a woman who we're pretty sure can see thousands more colors than the rest of us. And we end with an age-old question: why is the sky blue?
11:00am Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me Callers, panelists, and guests compete by answering questions about the week's events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightning speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks. Bill Kurtis is official judge and scorekeeper. This week, we enjoy the final weeks of summer by looking back on some favorite recent interviews.
12:00pm All Things Considered NPR's newsmagazine presenting breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.
1:00pm This American Life The Incredible Case of the P.I. Moms What do you get when you take a P.I. firm, then add in a bunch of sexy soccer moms, official sponsorship from Glock, a lying boss, and delusions of grandeur? This week's show.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Family, Friendship, and Mother Nature A woman finds an unexpected new family when she adopts a son, a bad soldier learns to write from personal loss, and a man is working at a nuclear power plant when disaster strikes. This hour is hosted by The Moth’s Senior Producer, Meg Bowles.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download Graphic novelist Daniel Clowes on his unusual and endangered drawing utensils… Newly-married comedian Cameron Esposito describes her very public bachelor party and gives us etiquette advice… Marketplace’s Sabri Ben-Achour ponders the ghosts of peanuts past… The band Quilt DJs the chillest dinner party ever… NYMag’s Sierra Tishgart dishes on the deal with eel… Plus a bitter drink to accompany a North Pole rivalry, and more!
4:00pm Brazilian Experience with Sandy Tsukiyama
6:00pm Bridging the Gap with Nicholas Yee
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow. Trombonist and vocalist Jack Teagarden is featured.
10:00pm Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
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12:00am Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
2:00am Blues before Sunrise with Steve Cushing
5:00am Weekend Edition NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
10:00am Krista Tippett On Being For the Summer Olympics, we’re breaking format to explore a topic our listeners have called out as a passionate force in all kinds of lives, and a connector across all kinds of boundaries in American culture: running. Not just as exercise, or a merely physical pursuit - running as a source of bonding between parents and children and friends, running as an interplay between competition and contemplation, running and body image and survival and healing.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Miraculous Help for Special Needs Children (repeat) Anat Baniel has created an extraordinary and effective process that leads to the improvement of brain functioning and that, in turn, translates to an improvement in motor and cognitive skills of the special needs child or adult. She has found the key to engaging the miraculous capacities of the brain to change and heal. Anat Baniel is Feldenkrais practitioner, and the author of “Kids Beyond Limits: Breakthrough Results for Children with Autism, Asperger’s, Brain Damage, ADHD, and Undiagnosed Developmental Delays.” Program #3434.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Why We Lie (rebroadcast) Let’s face it: people lie. We lie to each other and to ourselves. Is there a deeper reason why we do it? In this episode, TED speakers deconstruct the hard truths of deception.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Just Enough Woman for Me The range of what love songs come up with, from the more-or-less conventional to the nearly nuts.
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. A star-studded rebroadcast of our June 2013 visit to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Scottish-Australian institution and world-class songwriter Colin Hay sings "Overkill" and tells the story of why everyone's always "Looking for Jack," and our Royal Academy of Radio Actors gets an infusion of Hollywood royalty, with Paula Poundstone, Martin Sheen, and Lily Tomlin lending their voices to Guy Noir and The Lives of the Cowboys. Plus: Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele light up the California night with "Are You Ready for a Miracle?" and Garrison delivers a poignant tribute to a family cat. In Lake Wobegon: a few tales of graduation ceremony pranks from over the years. (Beginning in October, musician extraordinaire Chris Thile will take over for Garrison Keillor as the new host of A Prairie Home Companion. Chris' wide range of musical taste, paired with his vast network of famous and talented friends, will draw new, diverse talent to public radio.)
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Music and Memories Along the Mississippi: the Lewis Family Museum, Haney's Big House and New Orleans Jazz Funeral (repeat) How do we capture the intangible power of music and memories? We'll first take a tour of the Lewis Family Museum and liquor store in Ferriday, Louisiana, where Jerry Lee Lewis’ sister Frankie Jean shows us around their family home decorated with show posters, weapons, magazine clippings, religious icons and other memorabilia. Then we’ll visit with the mayor of Ferriday and the people who turned memories into reality of club/hotel/bus depot/post office Haney's Big House that burned down in 1966. Across the river in Natchez, MS, blues drummer and harp player Hezekiah Early looks back on playing in Haney’s house band. Back down in New Orleans, we'll talk with Tremé Brass Band’s leader and snare drummer Benny Jones and bass drummer Joe Lastie about their late drummer and friend Uncle Lionel Batiste who was memorably embalmed standing up in street parade finery.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs New Releases
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4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. In the last hundred years we’ve lit up our world brilliantly for the sake of safety and to extend work and play, but that light now blots out the Milky Way and star-filled skies, and may harm our health. Also, investments that don’t factor in the risks of global warming could be over-valued by trillions of dollars and threaten portfolios.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. British religious historian and best-selling author Karen Armstrong explains why she thinks the West gets it wrong about Islam, and she discusses the Charter of Compassion campaign that she launched worldwide.
7:00pm Intelligence Squared U.S. Are Lifespans Long Enough? What if we didn’t have to grow old and die? The average American can expect to live for 78.8 years, an improvement over the days before clean water and vaccines, but it's still not long enough for most of us. So researchers around the world have been working on arresting the process of aging through biotechnology. What are the ethical and social consequences of radically increasing lifespans? Should we accept a “natural” end, or should we find a cure to aging? The debaters are Ian Ground, Aubrey de Grey, Paul Root Wolpe, and Brian Kennedy.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Travel with Rick Steves. Rick shares notes on visiting Havana with Cuban travel expert Christopher P Baker, filmmaker Ken Burns tells us about filming his series on the National Parks: America's Best Idea, in time to celebrate the Park Service centennial, and Smithsonian historian Brent D Glass recommends the kinds of places you should visit, to make American history come alive.
5:00pm Selected Shorts What is Real? “Flotsam,” by Diane Cook, performed by Melora Hardin; “Paranoia” by Shirley Jackson, performed by Thomas Gibson; “A Tree, A Rock, a Cloud,” by Carson McCullers, performed by Lance Reddick. Guest host: Jane Kaczmarek.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air The second half of our interview with Scottish poet Robin Robertson.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Moira speaks with Hank Greeley, Professor of Law and author of “The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction.” Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Howard Jacobs, Executive Vice President of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, and Winner of BIO’s Future Maker 2016 Award, discusses integrating whole genomes into medicine.
5:00pm Bytemarks Café with Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa.
6:30pm CounterSpin with Janine Jackson. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. Combining lively discussion and a thoughtful media critique, CounterSpin is unlike any other show on the dial. CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news; censored stories; sexism, racism and homophobia in the news; the power of corporate influence; gaffes and goofs by leading TV pundits; TV news’ narrow political spectrum; attacks on free speech; and more.
7:00pm Invisibilia How to Become Batman (rebroadcast) Hosts Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller examine the surprising effect that our expectations can have on the people around us. You’ll hear how people’s expectations can influence how well a rat runs a maze. Plus, the story of a man who is blind and says expectations have helped him see. Yes. See. This journey is not without skeptics.
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Says You! Taped in front of live audiences at various locations nationwide, 'Says You!' features six panelists divided into two teams of three that bluff, guess, and expound their way through this fast-paced program.
5:00pm Town Square with Beth-Ann Kozlovich.
6:30pm With Good Reason with Sarah McConnell Mapping the KKK An animated, online map shows for the first time just how the Ku Klux Klan spread rapidly to all 50 states between 1915 and 1940. John Kneebone (Virginia Commonwealth University) says the KKK was far more main stream than most people realize, with membership of between 2 million and 8 million people. Plus: Revolution has been one of the most important drivers of human activity since its emergence in modern form in the 18th century. In his new book, Jack Censer (George Mason University) traces the “evolution of revolutionary ideas”--from the American and French revolutionaries to leaders of the Arab Spring.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner The Case for Open Borders As the world experiences the biggest migrant crisis since World War Two, Freakonomics asks whether open borders good both economically… and morally. Stephen Dubner speaks with economists and refugees, including former U.S. State Secretary Madeleine Albright, who was a refugee twice in her life.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. Jace Clayton has traveled the world collecting and playing music as DJ /rupture, and he gives Kurt a lesson in spinning records. Plus, the singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless overcame her social anxiety by coming to terms with the fact that everyone is laughing at you. And indie lightning rod Amanda Palmer picked up the ukulele on a whim, but when she started playing Radiohead’s famously downbeat songs on it, she discovered the perfect mix of sweet and salty.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. Rumors are swirling about Hillary Clinton’s physical condition. Psychiatrists are pondering whether Trump is clinically insane. We consider the ethics of speculating about a candidate’s health. Plus, how climate change is redrawing maps we think we know so well.
6:30pm Left, Right & Center Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. This weekly "love-hate relationship of the air" features the most insightful news analysts anywhere. Josh Barro, Senior Editor at Business Insider, moderates from the Center. J.D. Vance, author of “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” is on the Right. On the Left is Jon Favreau, former director of speechwriting for President Obama, and co-host of podcast Keepin' It 1600). Keli Goff of the Daily Beast, and host of WNYC's series ‘Political Party with Keli Goff’ is our special guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. Father Michael Pfleger, a white priest on Chicago’s South Side, holds a funeral for a young man who threatened his life; Larry David applies his passive-aggression to Missed Connections listings; and the authors of a new book on autism discuss “patient zero,” an elderly man in Mississippi who was the first person ever to receive the diagnosis.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow
10:00pm B-Sides and Beyond with Jon Alan
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12:00am Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
5:00am Weekend Edition NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
9:00am The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper. We talk to chef Pierre Thiam about his new book on modern Senegalese cuisine, “Senegal,” we look at the unique flavors of Japanese sweets with Nicole Bermensolo, author of “Kyotofu,” and award-winning chef Daniel Patterson of San Francisco’s Coi tells us what tools a cook really needs. Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Threat Level In this hour, a reporter tries to piece out what really happened during the terror attacks on Westgate mall. Then, things get really murky as we try to fix a clear line between empty threats and concrete criminal plans, and we’re left wondering: When should we consider someone a threat?
11:00am Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me Callers, panelists, and guests compete by answering questions about the week's events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightning speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks. Bill Kurtis is official judge and scorekeeper. This week we avoid the summer heat by staying inside and listening to some cool moments from past shows.
12:00pm All Things Considered NPR's newsmagazine presenting breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.
1:00pm This American Life Deep End of the Pool What do you do when you're thrown into a situation you’re not prepared for? And while you’re flailing around—what happens to the people who depend on you? This week we present stories of people who find themselves in over their heads, including an attorney who knows little about criminal law assigned to defend a young man facing twenty years in prison.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Millionaire Hot Seat, Monkey, Assassin A special show featuring stories from Australia. A writer and her daughter move from Aboriginal land to an impoverished community, a lonely man befriends an orphaned monkey and a famous Australian actress is horrified by a paparazzi shot of her on the beach in her "bathers." Hosted by Sarah Austin Jenness, Producing Director at The Moth.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download Movie star Colin Farrell considers his new film, “The Lobster”… Comedian Maria Bamford channels her mother (and her mother’s hairdresser) to give us etiquette advice… Writer and activist Lindy West stands up for Kermit the Frog… Musician Frankie Cosmos DJs your dinner/pajama party (no guys allowed!)… Writer and rocker John Doe regales us with stories of the early ‘80s punk scene in LA (X marks the spot)… Plus, hairy dead presidents, the lonely journey of the Gar-Barge, a trashy cocktail, and more!
4:00pm Brazilian Experience with Sandy Tsukiyama
6:00pm Bridging the Gap with Nicholas Yee
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow
10:00pm Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
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12:00am Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
2:00am Blues before Sunrise with Steve Cushing
5:00am Weekend Edition NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine covering hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
10:00am Krista Tippett On Being Gustavo Santaolalla has composed film scores for over a dozen features including Amores Perros , The Motorcycle Diaries, Brokeback Mountain, Babel, On the Road, and Wild Tales. He also composed the opening score for the hit Netflix series "Making of a Murderer.” His latest solo album is called Camino. In 2015 he was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Meeting Every Moment Without Fear or Worry (repeat) We all get into ruts of the mind. Our mind turns a thought around and around without going any place. We often have regrets and we repress our feelings. Philosopher and teacher, Guy Finley encourages us not to turn away from accepting those things we don't like about ourselves and shares how we may cultivate the courage to wake up, let go, and start over. Guy Finley is the author of Life is Real Only When You Are.” Program #3366.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Slowing Down We’re always asked to be faster and more precise. But what can we learn from slowing down -- even procrastinating? This hour, TED speakers explore why taking it slow is hard but crucial…for all of us.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Looking for the Boy What it takes to find that right person, including putting an ad in the papers.
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. (Beginning in October, musician extraordinaire Chris Thile will take over for Garrison Keillor as the new host of A Prairie Home Companion. Chris' wide range of musical taste, paired with his vast network of famous and talented friends, will draw new, diverse talent to public radio.)
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Timekeepers: The Art of Drumming with JM Van Eaton, Zigaboo Modeliste, Tito Puente, Ben Riley and Shannon Powell (repeat) We’re keeping the beat with drummers and rhythm makers across the genres: everyone from Sun Records’ Rockabilly drummer JM Van Eaton, to jazz percussionist Ben Riley, who had to keep up with the unconventional rhythms of Thelonious Monk. In between, we listen live in-studio to New Orleans’ King of Treme, Shannon Powell, whose music takes us from the church to the streets and beyond. The funky backbone of The Meters, Joseph,”Ziggy” Modeliste tells us what it really means to hit a groove, and we’ll play an encore presentation of our interview with New York City percussionist, Tito Puente, El Rey de los Timbales.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs June, July and August 1976
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4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. Permafrost in the far north has been frozen for up to 40,000 years, but now it’s thawing fast, and that could lead to runaway global warming, even if we manage deep cuts in fossil fuel emissions. Also, we’re investigating why air conditioning in office buildings in summer is so fierce that women need sweaters and scarves.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. We consider a fascinating, but often overlooked dimension of the history of World War I – the role of Conscientious Objectors who refused military service on moral grounds, and in some cases were harshly punished.
7:00pm Intelligence Squared U.S. Is Free Speech Threatened On Campus? Protests have erupted on university campuses across the country. To many, these students are speaking out against racial injustice that has long been manifested in unwelcoming, sometimes hostile environments. But to critics, their demands have gone too far, creating an atmosphere of intolerance for opposing or unpopular points of view. Are the protesters silencing free speech, or are they just trying to be heard? The debaters are Wendy Kaminer, John McWhorter, Shaun Harper, and Jason Stanley.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Travel with Rick Steves. One of the greatest natural wonders on earth is in trouble; we'll learn why the Great Barrier Reef is facing serious threats to its survival. Plus, author J. Maarten Troost introduces us to the remote Pacific island nations of Kiribati and Vanuatu. We'll learn how people have lived for centuries on a series of coral atolls and rugged volcanic islands, and we get a first-hand report in search of traditional life in Papua New Guinea.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Best Friends “Pie Dance” by Molly Giles, performed by Cynthia Nixon; “Madame Lazarus” by Maile Meloy performed by Rene Auberjunois. Guest host: Cynthia Nixon.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air In the first half of this interview, Former Poet Laureate of Belfast, Ireland, Sinéad Morrissey is the author of THE STATE OF THE PRISONS, THROUGH THE SQUARE WINDOW, and PARALLAX. In 2015, her first book published in the U.S. was a compilation under the title PARALLAX: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS and it became a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Morrissey discusses her journey as a poet and the travels that have influenced her work. She explores her growth and change with each collection and how they have shaped and formed her voice as a poet.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
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4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Moira speaks with Sharon Vosmek, CEO of Astia, a non-profit that provides capital, connections, and guidance to women-led ventures worldwide. Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Marianne De Backer, Vice President for Johnson & Johnson Innovation, discusses looking for innovative investments.
5:00pm Bytemarks Café with Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa.
6:30pm CounterSpin with Janine Jackson. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. Combining lively discussion and a thoughtful media critique, CounterSpin is unlike any other show on the dial. CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news; censored stories; sexism, racism and homophobia in the news; the power of corporate influence; gaffes and goofs by leading TV pundits; TV news’ narrow political spectrum; attacks on free speech; and more.
7:00pm Invisibilia Entanglement (rebroadcast) You’ll meet a woman with Mirror Touch Synesthesia who can physically feel what she sees others feeling. Also, we explore the ways in which all of us are connected -- more literally than you might realize. The hour will start with physics and end with a conversation with comedian Maria Bamford and her mother. They discuss what it’s like to be entangled through impersonation.
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley