Weekdays
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 Travel with Rick Steves. Get in the spirit, "from ghost to ghost" - legends and folklore come together, just in time for Halloween and All Souls Day. We'll explore the legacy of the real-life pirates who operated off the Carolina coast in colonial America; a pair of Irishmen clue us in to their country's traditions about the different orders of faery people, that some believe might inhabit Ireland; and we'll learn about ghost sightings in San Francisco, and the stories that come with them.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Entering the Twilight Zone “The Landlady,” by Roald Dahl, performed by Sam Underwood “Four O’Clock,” by Price Day, performed by Zachary Quinto “Perchance to Dream,” by Charles Beaumont, performed by Zach Grenier.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air Poet-illustrator Bianca Stone talks about her various projects, from her collection SOMEONE ELSE’S WEDDING VOWS to her new POETRY COMICS FROM THE BOOK OF HOURS and her previous work illustrating a collaborative project on Sophocles’ ANTIGONE to her work with the Ruth Stone Foundation. She also talks about her grandmother, the late poet Ruth Stone, and how the past influences her work and poetry as a whole.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
2 WEDNESDAY
4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Moira speaks with Larry Brilliant, physician, technologist, social venture capitalist, and best friend to Wavy Gravy. He’s also the author of “Sometimes Brilliant … The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History,” about helping to eradicate smallpox globally. Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Kosmas Kretsos, executive director of the Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation (PRCCI), discusses the underrepresentation of Latinos in testing pharmaceuticals and addressing the Zika virus in humans.
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 BBC World Service
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
3 THURSDAY
4:00pm Says You! Hallowe’en Special with Richard Sher 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 Great Divide The most wagered-upon event in world history is not a sporting event—it’s the American presidential election. Joshua Zingher (Old Dominion University) says these betting markets are a more accurate predictor than election polls. And: Millennials, one of six living generations today, are the largest generational cohort in American history. Typically characterized as those born between 1980 and 1997, millennials reached an important milestone by the end of 2015: for the first time, all 80 million were of voting age. Quentin Kidd (Christopher Newport University) looks at the influence of Millennials on the upcoming election. Plus: These days, we do a decent job of getting women into congress, but the vast majority of them are Democrats. Rosalyn Cooperman (University of Mary Washington) argues this party imbalance has a lot to do with funding from PACs like Emily’s List.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner. We discuss homo economicus ? the economist’s idealized version of the human being. Producer Greg Rosalsky takes the mic and sets out on a quest: to live his life more like this mythical creature.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
4 FRIDAY
4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. Eugenia Cheng whips up a delicious math lesson for Kurt. Plus, writer Sadie Stein defends one of the most detested words in the English language. Then, an art historian and a scientist explore the connection between bird plumage and air pollution, and Jacob Collier plays live with an instrument built by an MIT engineer.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. Media outlets and politicians alike have stated with certainty that the Russian government is trying to influence the American election. We examine why we can’t be so sure of that. Plus, an interview with Glenn Beck, who says he’s a changed man.
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. 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. Margie Omero, Democrat Pollster and EVP at PSB Research, is our special guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. The 2016 election gets a Hollywood studio rewrite to make the screenplay more believable; a prominent evangelical theologian contemplates the decline of Christian influence on Republican politics, and wonders if that might be okay; our lawyer weighs in on our journalists using hacked emails; and, in the last in our cycle of songs about the 2016 election, a socialist, environmentalist porn performer explains why he’s leaning toward Trump.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow Miles Davis at the Fillmore East, March 1970
10:00pm B-Sides and Beyond with Jon Alan
5 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 look at the bitters craze with Mark Bitterman author of “Bitterman’s Field Guide to Bitters and Amari,” Jane and Michael Stern are visiting The Cupboard in Memphis for first rate Southern-style vegetables, and blogger Alana Chernila believes that perfection in the kitchen is entirely overrated. Her book is “The Homemade Kitchen.” Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Inner Voices (rebroadcast) From the silent words of a child forming her first thought, to the inner heckler that taunts you when the pressure's on, a look at how the voices in our heads shape us -- for better and for worse.
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 It Had To Be Snakes Journalist Rebecca Traister has been writing about Hillary Clinton for years, and when she looks at what Clinton has come up against during this election, she feels like it has an almost crazy inevitability.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Love, Faith and Money A man enters a world of high stakes gambling; a family tragedy turns into a stand-off with police detectives; a neuroscientist searches for clues of God's existence.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download “Parks and Rec” alum Nick Offerman carves out his own niche, solves problems with bear hugs… Rocker and meme-godfather Rick Astley lists some alternatives to the ubiquitous “Rick-roll”… Journalist Emily Witt ponders sex and love in the 21st century… And “Daily Show” correspondent Hasan Minhaj makes a lofty proposal! Plus: drooling drummers, a cold war close call (with a nerve-settling cocktail), and sous vide fast food.
4:00pm Brazilian Experience with Sandy Tsukiyama. Japanese-Brazilian pianist-singer Lisa Ono is Sandy's guest.
6:00pm Bridging the Gap with Nicholas Yee
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow Joe Sullivan
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 To dwell on beauty and normalcy; to reassert the liveliness of ordinary things, precisely in the face of what is hardest and most broken in life and society. This has been Michael Longley’s gift to Northern Ireland as one of its foremost living poets. Like his late friend Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley was known in part as a poet of what is called “the Troubles” — the bloody thirty year conflict, between Protestants and Catholics, English and Irish, that ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. And to this day Michael Longley is a gentle, winsome force in the ongoing, never-finished work of healing.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Protecting the Sacred White Lions (repeat) The white lions of Africa are considered sacred and they have been trophy hunted until they no longer live in the wild. Linda Tucker has taken on the assignment to reintroduce them into their traditional hunting lands. This is the story of her decades long battle with the government and with breeders who charge huge fees to hunters to kill the recently caged lions. She is the author of “Saving The White Lion: One Woman’s Battle for Africa’s Most Sacred Animal.” Program #3472.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Democracy On Trial Democracy is often hailed as the best form of government. But with a growing sense of distrust, should we rethink the whole system? This hour TED speakers ask if democracy is truly our best option.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Applause in A Small Room Sounds of Aloha Chorus
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. We're taking a Saturday off to gear up for our first tour show of the season, November 12 in Philadelphia, and taking a look back to a show Chris guest-hosted back in January at Saint Paul's Fitzgerald Theater. Ben Folds performs "Yes Man" and "Army" (with Chris helping out on mandolin); Brandi Carlile sings "Things I Regret" and "The Eye"; and Ed Helms shares a story about a pesky cricket and joins our Royal Academy of Radio Actors for a few scripts. Plus: Chris premieres "The Mississippi is Frozen," teams up with his fellow Punch Brothers for "Sleek White Baby" and "Magnet," and sings "Footprints in the Snow" with Sarah Jarosz. It's all brought to you by our trustworthy sponsors Powdermilk Biscuits and the Catchup Advisory board.
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Ballot Box Blues: Rockin’ the Election, 2016
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs Remembering James King
7 MONDAY
4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. Ocean lovers are cheering the new Antarctic Marine reserve, the first protected area in international waters, the most pristine and the largest-twice the size of Texas. Also, how new solar power generating roof tiles along with batteries and electric cars could transform home energy systems.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. Stacy Palmer, long-time editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, discusses the nonprofit sector (which employs one in ten Americans) and current trends in charitable giving, from individual small donors to large foundations.
7:00pm Live Wire Election Special Unconventional Wisdom In this special election episode, Radiolab hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich provide a cautionary tale of civic strife, comedian Baratunde Thurston speculates how the election has come to this divisive point, coder and artist Roopa Vasudevan explains what social media can show us that the polls can't, and subway performer Mike Yung demonstrates why his powerful voice went viral and reassures us that “A Change is Gonna Come.”
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
8 TUESDAY
2:00pm SPECIAL: Election Coverage from NPR
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
9 WEDNESDAY
4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Moira speaks with Sherry Turkle, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of “Reclaiming Conversation … The Power of Talk in a Digital Age” Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Craig Shimasaki, CEO of Moleculera Labs, discusses diagnosing some behavioral problems and mental disorders in young people by testing their immune systems.
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 BBC World Service
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
10 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 Pulitzer 100: Embers of War Reading about the past sometimes gives us the impression that the course of history is inevitable. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall cautions, “We have to remember that to the decision-makers of the past, the future was merely a set of possibilities.” In other words—there are always choices. Logevall’s works trace the roots of the Vietnam War, uncovering the points along the way when decisions were made and history was determined.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner. Stephen tackles the myth that expensive wines taste better than cheap ones. Then, when Marius the giraffe was killed at the Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, there was widespread outrage. If we can care so much for one animal, we’d surely care about the fate of hundreds of thousands of people — right? Plus — avocados and extortion in Mexico.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
11 FRIDAY
4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. How a former reality TV star was elected president. Then, Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith writes a poem inspired by a Baton Rouge protester. And we explore the creation of Woody Gutherie’s “This Land is Your Land.”
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. The press didn’t see it coming. Or did they? We examine the role of data – and delusion – in this election. Also, how a plan to dismantle the electoral college could make elections fairer, and election coverage more interesting.
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. Dahlia Lithwick of Slate.com is on the Left. Rich Lowry of the National Review is on the Right, and David Frum of The Atlantic is our special guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. David spoke with songwriting master Leonard Cohen in the last months before his death. Plus, Amy Davidson and George Packer wade into the uncharted waters of the Trump administration.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow
10:00pm B-Sides and Beyond with Jon Alan
12 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. The irascible Anthony Bourdain joins us with his take on feeding family. His first cookbook is appropriately called “Appetites.” We talk to Southern cook Vivian Howard about the humble and delicious sweet potato, and take part in a wild rice harvest in Minnesota. Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Laughter (rebroadcast) We all laugh. But it turns out humor has very little to do with it. This hour, we ask what makes us laugh. And along the way, we tickle some rats, listen in on a baby's first giggle, and travel to Tanzania to investigate an outbreak of contagious laughter.
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 The Sun Comes Up People around the country talking about the coming four years, some of them exalted, some of them, as President Obama said Wednesday, “less so.” We hear relieved soldiers who think Trump is less like to send them to Syria than Clinton, a small-town mayor who’s excited about what this will mean for his town, a Republican woman in Utah who’s in politics but now thinks she won’t ever be elected there, kids in school who believe they’re gonna be deported, black parents shrugging at their grown kids: “where do you think you live?"
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Veterans Day 2016: Iraq, Aircraft Carriers & Candy A soldier trains to land his plane on an aircraft carrier, a future marine rebels against her abusive father, an Iraqi man risks his life working as a translator for the armed forces. Hosted by The Moth’s Artistic Director Catherine Burns.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download with Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam. Southern filmmaker Jeff Nichols ("Mud," the new "Midnight Special") brings sci-fi down to earth, then offers up some pearls of wisdom... One of the art world's bright lights, Dan Colen, muses on his new visions-- part-Disney, part-J.M.W. Turner... Scene-stealer and storyteller Lauren Weedman tells a tale of moms and "Miss Fortune"... We recall the day when Niagara did not Fall... Stuart Staples (of Tindersticks) spins a soundtrack that's easygoing and elegiac... And we check the hype on the (deep breath!) scotch shortage. Plus, advice with "Ask Polly," & a new breed of biker-rebel.
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 On Being opens up the animating questions at the center of human life: What does it mean to be human, and how do we want to live? We explore these questions in their richness and complexity in 21st-century lives and endeavors. We pursue wisdom and moral imagination as much as knowledge; we esteem nuance and poetry as much as fact.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms The “Narrative Intelligence” of the Greek Myths Most of us are trapped in the stories we tell ourselves. Archetypes, such as are found in the Greek myths, can trigger a story in our brain that helps us notice opportunities, props, and characters that may have been invisible to us. They change what we are noticing and can enhance our narrative intelligence and encourage us to tap into our potential. Dr. Carol Pearson is the author of “Persephone Rising: Awakening the Heroine Within.” Program #3591.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Finite In a world with limited resources, can we find ways to salvage what's disappearing? Can we innovate our way out of a finite landscape? This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about living with less.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Applause in A Small Room Hoku Zuttermeister
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. We're hitting the road for the first time this season and heading east to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enjoy a live broadcast from The Academy of Music with special guests Jason Isbell, Angélique Kidjo, the Dover Quartet, and Billy Collins. Plus: a new Song of the Week from our host, Chris Thile, and an All-American band (singer Lydia Rogers of The Secret Sisters, pianist Richard Dworsky, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, guitarist Chris Eldridge, Greg Garrison on bass, and drummer Roy "Futureman" Wooten); and the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Serena Brook, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman.
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Gulf Coast Blues and More: Barbara Lynn & Belton Richard (repeat) Tune in for the words and music of two storied artists of the Gulf South. First up, the Empress of Gulf Coast Soul, Barbara Lynn, of Beaumont, Texas. Ms. Lynn recalls her days as the Black Elvis, playing left-handed guitar and penning and recording her own first-person paeans of love lost. Accordion player, Belton Richard talks about bringing his mix of Cajun and country to dancehalls across the region and remembers his swamp pop days with the Musical Aces. Plus two hours of swampy blues, sultry country and more.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs Bluegrass Jennys, Part One
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4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. On January 20 Republicans will control the Presidency and Congress, and they vow to reverse many Obama Administration environmental and climate measures. Also, how analyzing rhino DNA could create a new weapon for wildlife rangers to fight poaching in Africa.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. In time for Veterans Day weekend, we hear profiles of American soldiers who, after military service, returned home to face another battle – the effects of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
7:00pm Intelligence Squared U.S. Is "Big Pharma" To Blame for Rising Health Care Costs? Health care costs in the U.S. are nearly double what other rich countries spend. We read of drug therapies that cost $100,000 a year or more, and of large drug price increases. Is this a major driver of excessive health care costs? Or is it a by-product of the huge costs of getting new drugs approved? Has big pharma delivered drugs that reduce the need for costly surgeries, which extend life and improve its quality? Or do they deserve the blame that has been leveled against them? The Debaters are Ezekiel Emanuel, Lori Reilly, Neera Tanden, and Paul Howard.
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. You can't fight an enemy effectively, without knowing something about them. A leading international expert on terrorism, Loretta Napoleoni, tells us what she's learned about ISIS and their battlegrounds in the Middle East. She’s the author of "The Islamist State," "Merchants of Men," "Terror Incorporated," and other related titles (Seven Stories Press) Also, once he retired as a foreign correspondent, Martin Fletcher found it therapeutic to write a novel about what might have happened differently, back when he reported on the war in Bosnia in the 1990s. He’s the author of "The War Reporter" (Thomas Dunne Books)
5:00pm Selected Shorts Destiny “God Bless America,” by Steve Almond, performed by Michael Urie “The Isles of Dr Moreau,” by Heather O’Neill, performed by Valorie Curry. Guest host: Kate Burton.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air In this special anthology on fiction writing, we go to the writing well to fill the creative spirit as several authors share their varied techniques. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley reveals her "Five Writing Tips;" Charles Baxter gives advice for new writers, and discusses the influence of narrative poetry on his fiction; while Antonya Nelson gives a fresh look at "writing what you know" advice as she talks about creating a hybrid reality in her books using a combination of her own experiences and invention; and Richard Ford gives encouragement to help finish a novel.
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 Brian Sager, co-founder, President, and CEO of Omnity, a new search engine that is very different from Google. Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Sean McCarthy, CEO of CytomX Therapeutics, talks about the promise and challenges of cancer immunotherapy.
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 BBC World Service
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
17 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 Ghost Suppers and Food Sovereignty: Refocusing on Traditional Foods This is the season of the Ghost Supper, where tribes in the Great Lakes region honor ancestors and loved ones with traditional and favorite dishes. Lee Sprague (Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College) is teaching young people how to harvest and eat the foods that once sustained their tribal ancestors. Also: Foraging expert Kevin Finney participated in the Red LakeNation’s first Intertribal Food Summit. He worries that many Native recipes have been erased from history and urges people to buy not just local food, but local Native food.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner. How anyone can become great at — well — anything. Stephen speaks with a research psychologist about deliberate practice, the 10,000- hour rule, and more. Plus: hear from the person who popularized the idea of the 10,000-hour rule: Malcolm Gladwell.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
18 FRIDAY
4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. Novelist Brit Bennett introduces her debut novel, “The Mothers.” Plus, Josh Katz gives us a tour of American regionalisms, and Leonor Caraballo and Abou Farman create art in the face of the cancer.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. Engaging conversation, insightful commentaries, illuminating reports, and listener calls explore how information, news gathering, and the variety of media available today affect our culture.
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. Charlie Sykes, Editor-in-chief of RightWisconsin.com, is on the Right. On the Left is Jamil Smith, Senior National Correspondent at MTV News. Emily Bazelon of New York Times Magazine, senior research fellow at Yale Law School, and former Slate editor, is our special guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. David Frum is a card-carrying neocon who won’t jump on the GOP’s Trump bandwagon — he believes that our fundamental rights are at risk with the new President-elect. Novelist Zadie Smith explains why she thought writing in the first person was an American indulgence. And the much-derided can of cranberry sauce finally speaks up for itself — and boy, is it pissed.
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. Indian chef Vikas Khanna joins us with a lesson in humility, gratitude and a vegetarian take on the Thanksgiving feast. His latest book is “Indian Harvest, Classic and Contemporary Vegetarian Dishes,” and Australian culinary diva Donna Hay brings us inspiration for updating our Thanksgiving side dishes. Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Lost and Found (rebroadcast) In this episode, we steer our way through a series of stories about getting lost, and ask how our brains, and our hearts, help us find our way back home.
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 Duty Calls Josh's mother and younger brother were a mess. His mother drank too much. His brother got arrested a lot. Josh hadn't lived with them since he was nine, and they didn't play much of a role in his daily life—until duty called, and they took over his life.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Wigs, Wigouts, and Insurance A woman decides whether she's a wig person or a scarf person while undergoing chemotherapy, a magazine editor is confronted by rapper Foxy Brown, and a mother navigates the everyday after her son is gravely injured. Hosted by The Moth's Artistic Director, Catherine Burns.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download An hour-long celebration of culture, food, and conversation designed to help you dazzle your friends at this weekend's get-together. In every episode you'll learn a joke, bone up on an odd bit of history and then wash it down with a themed cocktail, meet an artist of note (say, Spike Lee or Willie Nelson), learn the answers to your burning etiquette questions, savor an emerging food trend, and hear your new favorite song. Plus, unconventional wisdom from hosts Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam.
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 Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson has become an unexpected voice on the enduring human drama of refugees and immigration. She is herself a product of one of the most under-reported stories of the twentieth century which she chronicles in her epic work of narrative non-fiction "The Warmth of Other Suns" — about the Great Migration of nearly 6 million African Americans from the south to the north of the U.S. in the 20th Century. We’re exploring the light her revelations shed on the promise and challenges of now.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Boost Your Joy with the Help of Technology, Gadgets, and Cognitive Enhancers Technology can enhance our lives or it can detract from our good health and well-being. Through the wise use of technology, gadgets, cognitive enhancers and supplements, we may receive help to have more peace, love, and joy in our lives. Jonathan Robinson’s advice is to use the technology that opens our heart, makes us feel peaceful, and connects us more deeply with each other. He is the author of The Technology of Joy: The 101 Best Apps, Gadgets, Tools and Supplements for Feeling More Delight in Your Life.” Program #3588.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour The Food We Eat Food is more than nourishment. It’s a source of pleasure -- and guilt -- and an agent of change. This episode, TED speakers explore our deep connection to food, and where it’s headed.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Applause in A Small Room Mostly Ellington
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. We’re making the drive west from Philadelphia to Denver, Colorado for a live broadcast from the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, with special guests Trey Anastasio, The Staves, and Tig Notaro. Plus: Chris Thile unveils the latest Song of the Week with help from our band (vocalist Aoife O’Donovan, Rich Dworsky on keys, guitarist Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas on fiddle, bassist Paul Kowert, and drummer Ted Poor); our Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Serena Brook, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman; and a rundown of last week’s notable musician birthdays.
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Guitar Bosses: Les Paul & Honeyboy Edwards (repeat) Tune in and pay witness to over 150 years of guitar experience between this week's nonagenarian guests. Les Paul, the Wizard of Waukesha, talks about his leap from taking up the instrument to inventing the guitar heard 'round the world that bears his name. And Delta guitarist and walking blues encyclopedia Honeyboy Edwards comes by our studio and remembers Robert Johnson, the 1927 flood and recording for Alan Lomax along the way.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs Bluegrass Jennys, Part Two
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4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. President-elect Donald Trump campaigned with a pledge to rip up the Paris Climate Agreement, but negotiators at the UN climate summit in Morocco vow to move forward, with China claiming a leadership role. Also – along the Cannonball River in North Dakota, Native Americans who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline face off against a large militarized force determined to get the oil flowing.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. Donna Hicks, author of Dignity, recounts her experiences as an international conflict mediator that led her to an understanding of how an assault on the dignity of a person or a group must be healed, before strife can stop.
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 Travel with Rick Steves. It's some of the heartiest food in Europe; two guides from Budapest tell us about the spicy food traditions of Hungary. Marjorie R Williams shares favorites from her new guidebook to the Markets of Provence, where you'll find exceptional seasonal produce, and great souvenirs, in the south of France, and Rick discusses what's working to reduce hunger and malnutrition around the world with policy analyst David Rieff.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Fateful Encounters “The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross,” by Henry Slesar, performed by Robert Sean Leonard “Head Over Knees,” by Eric Schlicht, performed by Robert Sean Leonard “Dornicka and the St. Martin’s Day Goose,” by Helen Oyeyemi, performed by Colby Minifie.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air Two-time winner of the Townsend Prize for fiction, Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham talks in Athens, Georgia about his two novels, THE SWEET EVERLASTING and SABBATH CREEK. Hear how his past as a white man working at a predominantly black college influenced the race issues dealt with in both of his novels and how voice is an important part of his work. Mitcham has been recognized in the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame as well as the Georgia Author of the Year by the Georgia Writers Association as both a poet and a novelist.
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 Harvard psychologist Dr. Susan David about “Emotional Agility,” - what it is and what science tell us about how it works. Then on BioTech Nation, Daniel Zarr, CEO of Quark Pharmaceuticals, talks about working on treatments for kidney damage following open heart surgery, damage to kidneys during the transplantation process, and sudden vision loss.
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 BBC World Service
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
24 THURSDAY-Thanksgiving
6:00am SPECIAL: Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food, & Gratitude with John Birge
7:00am SPECIAL: The Splendid Table’s Turkey Confidential Host Lynne Rossetto Kasper comes to the rescue of Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers, and dinner guests alike on the biggest cooking day of the year. A Thanksgiving morning tradition, Lynne answers listener questions throughout this live, two-hour program. Previous "Turkey Confidential" specials have included everything from a cross-country trucker cooking his Thanksgiving dinner on the manifold to a panicked first-time cook who didn't realize a turkey needs to be thawed. Lynne handles all questions with wit, expertise and laughter. Phone lines - (800) 242-2828 will be open nationwide from 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. EST and the program will be simulcast live on the Web at splendidtable.org. The Splendid Table website will also feature a live audio feed, and live audience interaction via Twitter & Facebook.
10:00am SPECIAL: Terrible, Thanks for Asking Two days after Nora McInerny's husband Aaron died, she celebrated Thanksgiving with her family. Well...maybe not "celebrated". Actually, why would you do that? Try to be normal when clearly everything isn't? But every year, millions of people do the same thing during the holidays. This new special will feature conversations with Lucy Kalinithi and Amber Tozer, and some of the women of the Hot Young Widows Club on the challenges of dealing with trauma and loss during this sensitive season. Plus, stories of people's worst holidays ever. That's for real. Worst. Ever.
2:00pm SPECIAL: Can Laughter Make Us Healthier? Is the old cliché true — is laughter the best medicine? Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen and Mary Harris, host of the podcast Only Human, go to a laughter yoga class to find out. Also, we hear from a neuroscientist who studies laughter and moonlights as a standup comedian. Comic Chris Gethard explains why he resisted getting help for his depression out of fear of losing his humorous edge—and how getting treatment transformed his career. And we find out when medical humor is – and is not – just what the doctor ordered.
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 SPECIAL: The Science of Gratitude Narrated by the Academy Award-winning Susan Sarandon, this program explores how feeling grateful may be the true key to healthy and happiness.
6:30pm With Good Reason with Sarah McConnell My Life as a Wild Turkey World-renowned naturalist Joe Hutto, subject of the Emmy winning BBC documentary "My Life As a Turkey", discusses how he became a wild turkey mother in the hammocks of Florida. Plus: Pilot Eric Walden gives a play-by-play of the ninja-like moves of the wild turkey—mid-air. And: The once-scorned bronze-feathered turkey is making a comeback, with the help of organic, free-range farmers like Paul Kelly. Also: Jay Sullivan (Virginia Military Institute) sends his students off to Thanksgiving Break with a poem about a young engineer’s ingenuity and of course, a turkey.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner. Stephen uses lessons from Ancient Rome to modern-day Japan to make the case for why music would help make the public bathroom a better experience. Then, how the belt made suspenders look ridiculous — even if it isn’t the better way to hold up pants.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm SPECIAL: Echoes Acoustic Thanksgiving We create a warm and inviting soundscape for this special day of the year. Electronics are unplugged and acoustic instruments and voices shine on this program which is centered by a live performance from an acoustic artist. Surrounding the live performance we’ll hear music form the acoustic side of Echoes drawn from the season including George Winston’s Thanksgiving, Mark O’Connor, Peter Kater and others.
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4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. On the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, we look at the ways his work continues to change and adapt. In the 19th century, Shakespeare’s work got caught up in minstrel shows — and African-American actors are still struggling to claim the Bard as their own. Also, we find out how a father-son team is changing the way Shakespeare sounds by bringing back his original pronunciation. And we go inside the pioneering immersive theater experience “Sleep No More,” which might be the longest-running Shakespeare adaptation ever.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. This election season, the media frequently looked to history in an attempt to explain the rise of Donald Trump. We consider how historical parallels don't always serve us well. Plus, revisiting a notorious murder that the press got wrong.
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. Dahlia Lithwick of Slate.com is on the Left. Rich Lowry of the National Review is on the Right, and David Frum of The Atlantic is our special guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. In October, 2016, Bruce Springsteen appeared at The New Yorker Festival for an intimate conversation with David-the event sold out in six seconds. This entire episode is dedicated to that conversation.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow Ruminations
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. Jewish food authority Joan Nathan talks to London’s culinary sensations Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi about their book “Ottolenghi: The Cookbook,” we look at honey varietals with Marina Marchese, author of “The Honey Connoisseur,” and Melissa Clark talks to Improvised Life’s Sally Schneider about gifts for the cook in your life. Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Defying Odds Being the first (and best) at something means taking on a big hunk of risk and pushing yourself to dangerous limits. This week, stories of fool-hardy flipping and daring-dos. First, the rise and fall of a pilot whose aeronautic feats changed aviation forever. Then, we meet a figure skater who pulled a thrilling move at the Olympics that no one else (as far as we know) has ever done in all of human history.
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 The Heart Wants What It Wants When Jesse first started getting letters from Pamala, he couldn’t believe his luck. He'd been waiting all his life to fall in love—and then he started getting these letters from the perfect woman. Vulnerable. In need of protection. Classic beauty. He was totally devoted. They corresponded for years. And when something happens that really should change how he feels about her— he just can’t give it up.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Family, Neighbors and Extraordinary Proof We travel to Chicago, the Navajo Nation in Arizona, and then end the hour on the sidelines of the Tour de France. A man struggles with his unruly neighbors, an artist shares memories of growing up on the Navajo Nation, and a journalist exposes one of the greatest sports scandals of our time. Hosted by Meg Bowles.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download Just in time for the holidays, our annual All-Food Show! Comedian Jim Gaffigan advises you to pack your kid’s lunch with pub fare… Star Chef Roy Choi reinvents fast food in the heart of South L.A…. Fantastic Negrito spins us a savory soundtrack… Marlon Brando orders up some room service... “Fresh Off the Boat” showrunner Nahnatchka Khan shares her dad’s drive-thru humor… We digest some Knish Knowledge… Plus, some magical chocolate, a hole-y cocktail, a salty joke, 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 Soul Jazz Spectacular
10:00pm Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
27 SUNDAY
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 Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are partners in music and in life — recovering something ancient and deeply American all at once, bringing both beauty and meaning to what they play and how they live. Béla Fleck is one of the greatest living banjo players in the world. He’s followed what many experience as this quintessential American roots instrument back to its roots in Africa and taken it where no banjo has gone before. Abigail Washburn is a celebrated banjo player and singer, both in English and Chinese. Nashville Public radio brought us together at the Belcourt Theater in their hometown.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Cultivating Your Own Vitality “Vitality is the essence of what it is to be alive,” says Dr. Deborah Zucker, and the body will tell us when our vitality is weak. With good self-care we can revitalize our own health, like tending to a garden with gentle loving attention. It’s about being honest about where we’re losing our energy and experimenting with ways to redirect it in the manner that makes us thrive. She is the author of “The Vitality Map: A Guide to Deep Health, Joyful Self-Care, and Resilient Well-Being.” Program #3594.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Giving It Away You can give away almost anything -- your time, money, food, your ideas. Giving helps define who we are and helps us connect with others. And thanks to the internet and a rise in social consciousness, there’s been a seismic shift not only in what we’re giving, but how. In this hour, stories from TED speakers who are “giving it away” in new and surprising ways, and the things that happen in return.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Applause in A Small Room Chris Vandercook and Friends
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. This week, we present a second helping! It's a February 2016 rebroadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with special guests Paul Simon, Andrew Bird, and Maria Bamford. Host Chris Thile sings about football and quarterback Peyton Manning in "Omahallelujah"; our Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, with a message from the Professional Organization of English Majors; and even more music from Chris, Sarah Jarosz, and members of Punch Brothers.
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer NEA Heritage Fellowship Concert 2016 We celebrate Thanksgiving weekend with a sonic cornucopia from National Endowment for the Arts’ Heritage Fellows--recipients of America's most prestigious award in folk & traditional arts. We'll hear music and conversation from past Fellows: bluegrass picker Del McCoury, rockabilly Wanda Jackson, sacred steel guitarists, the Campbell Brothers, and late blues singer Koko Taylor. The 2016 Fellows, many performing live in Washington, include: Mardi Gras Indian Chief Monk Boudreaux, Irish accordionist Billy McComiskey and Mexican-American singer Artemio Posadas. Other awardees range from basketmakers in Kentucky and the Penobscot tribe in Maine, to traditional wind instrumentalists from South Dakota and Laos.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs November 1976
28 MONDAY
4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. When industry, government and Native Americans co-operate, they can right some historical wrongs, as the cancellation of oil and gas leases on thousands of acres of holy Blackfeet Nation land in Montana shows. Also, how plants are taking up extra atmospheric CO2 to give us a global warming break.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. We profile a new citizens environmental movement, Mothers Out Front, who strive to cut their own carbon footprint, as well that of the communities where they live for the sake of their children and grandchildren.
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 Travel with Rick Steves. Commander Chris Hadfield describes what the photos he took of Mother Earth revealed, from 250 miles away in the International Space Station. We also explore how the Roman and pre-historic worlds are within reach, when you dig a little beneath the surface in Britain, and listeners share the highlights of their travels in the Holy Land of Israel and Palestine.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Tiny, But Mighty: Stories by Lydia Davis “Can’t and Won’t” by Lydia Davis, performed by Lydia Davis “If at the Wedding (at the Zoo),” by Lydia Davis, performed by Kaneza Schaal “The Party,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Cristin Milioti “The Two Davises and the Rug,” by Lydia Davis, performed by Dylan Baker “The Egg Race,” by John Updike, performed by Alec Baldwin. Guest host: Jane Curtin.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air We talk with with performer, author, and professor at New York University, Anna Deavere Smith. In this interview, Smith discusses her technique of interviewing real people to use their stories on stage and talks about the School to Prison Pipeline project which links incarceration among unprivileged youth, specifically Blacks, Latinos and other minorities. She also reads from her insightful book, LETTERS TO A YOUNG ARTIST.
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. Alexandra Horowitz, Cognitive Scientist and Director of Barnard’s Dog Cognition Lab. She’s the author of “Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell.” Then, on BioTech Nation, Dr. Ignacio Pino, CEO of CDI and Johns Hopkins scientist, visits Puerto Rico, and the result is a next generation proteomics company in Puerto Rico.
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 BBC World Service
8:00pm Latin Beat with Ray Cruz
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley