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)
1 SUNDAY (New Year’s Day)
12:00am Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
2:00am BBC World Service
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 Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton has recorded inside Sitka spruce logs in the Pacific Northwest, thunder in the Kalahari Desert, dawn breaking across six continents. He is also an activist for silence which he says is endangered — not a luxury but essential to our sanity. He’s the founder and vice president of The One Square Inch of Silence Foundation, based in Joyce, Washington. His books include “One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Quest to Preserve Quiet,” co-authored with John Grossmann, and “Earth Is A Solar Powered Jukebox: A Complete Guide to Listening, Recording, and Sound Designing with Nature”. He's also produced more than 60 albums of vanishing natural soundscapes.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Finding A God That Is Real In this deep dialogue we look at a new theory of God based on science. Nancy Ellen Abrams, J.D., suggests that we need a God that can connect us spiritually to the “real” universe and can guide our now globally conscious species toward a long-term and honorable civilization. She describes emergent phenomena as well as the effectiveness of prayer. She is the author of “A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet.” Program #3595.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Simply Happy In this hour, finding happiness may be simpler than you think.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. We're bidding 2016 adieu with a few highlights from our season thus far, a few from the past year, and a few from even farther back in the vault. We'll have music from Paul Simon, Jack White, Angelique Kidjo, Ben Folds, Brandi Carlile, Trey Anastasio, Marcus Mumford, Gillian Welch, Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers, and comedy from Aparna Nancherla. Plus, a look back to Chris Thile's first appearance on the show in 1996, when he joined us along with Michael Cleveland for a young artists show; even more tunes from our friends Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan; and scripts, scenes, and sponsors from our Royal Academy of Radio Actors. Prep those resolutions, dust off the noisemakers, and join us on the radio to ring in the new year.
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer "How Many Roads…?” Bob Dylan’s Back As the old year ends and a New Year begins, we’ll hear sources and symbols, words and music from America’s greatest songster and now Nobel Laureate. Guests include longtime friends Mavis Staples and Joan Baez.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs Highlights of 2016, Part One
2 MONDAY
8:00am SPECIAL: Capitol Steps: Politics Takes a Holiday If only the Capitol Steps had some funny material to work with in 2016…is something that will never cross your mind when listening to our Year In Review New Year’s Special. All your election favorites will be there: President-Elect Trump, Hillary, Bernie Sanders, Vladimir Putin…wait, what?!? Let’s not let the election divide us any further. Tune in, and let’s unite in laughter! And for goodness’ sake, can someone give Merrick Garland a hug?
4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. Virtually all scientists agree that the planet is heating up, and without speedy control of greenhouse gas pollution, the effects will be catastrophic. With climate denial embraced by so many American politicians, distinguished experts including Michael Mann say it is time to call out the lies. Also, letters to the future to explain how some tried to take action.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. In a health care setting, where serious illness may be on the line, what does it mean for a provider to listen attentively? We examine this core nursing practice in several venues.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
3 TUESDAY
4:00pm Travel with Rick Steves. What do you do to get ready for the new year? Authors David Sedaris and Patricia Schultz encourage making travel plans, Chris Santella recommends getting outdoors, for an adrenaline kick heli-skiing in Alaska, or a civilized game of golf on the coast of Ireland, and Nate Johnson stirs up our curiosity about urban wildlife, from the birds we take for granted, to the plants we never noticed that poke up out of the sidewalk.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Since 1985, Symphony Space in New York City has served as the stage for exciting pairings of authors and actors. Selected Shorts producers match Oscar and Tony Award-winning actors with short stories by acclaimed contemporary and classic authors. The results are magically entertaining events turned into captivating radio programs produced by WNYC, New York Public Radio.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air Since 1977, New Letters has been entertaining and informing audiences about contemporary writers and literature, focusing on a writer of poetry, fiction or essays, either in an intimate interview or in a public reading before an audience.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
4 WEDNESDAY
4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Moira speaks with Yale University Professor Emeritus Edward Tufte widely recognized for this work in Data Visualization. Then on BioTech Nation, Tassos Gianokakos, CEO of MyoKardia, discusses the rare genetic cardiovascular disorder – HCM, the leading cause of sudden death in young athletes.
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
5 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: If You Like the Truth Lieutenant General George Crocker says that when he was first introduced to Rick Atkinson he was told, “If you like the truth, you’ll love Rick.” Over his long career as a journalist and historian, Atkinson has won four Pulitzer Prizes for work that he has either written or contributed to. As part of the Pulitzer Centennial Campfire Initiative, we honor Rick Atkinson’s career, from Vietnam Veterans, WWII, and the Persian Gulf War to DC police shootings and the War in Iraq. His motto, he says, is on a little sign taped next to his desk: “Get On With It.”
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner Family Business Stephen explores two American beer brands where business and blood ties are one and the same. Plus: why Warren Buffett's youngest son chose not to follow in his father's footsteps... and how adoption helps Japanese businesses stay in the family.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
6 FRIDAY
4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. A conversation with “Girls” and “Silence” star Adam Driver, the journey to build a museum for the Kurdish people, and a decade-by-decade revue of American pop.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. The threat of kidnapping in Syria has made it one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. We delve into how we get our news from a country that's nearly impossible to visit, and why the world's tangled policy on hostages means that some live to tell the tale, and others don't.
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. On the Left is Joan Walsh, national affairs correspondent at The Nation and MSNBC political analyst. Rich Lowry of National Review is on the Right. Steve Clemons, Political and Foreign Policy Blogger, and Editor-at-Large with The Atlantic, is our Special Guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow Spirit Music, including new sounds from London
10:00pm B-Sides and Beyond with Jon Alan
7 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 talk to Indian food authority Madhur Jaffrey about her latest book Vegetarian India; we begin our weekly collaboration with America’s Test Kitchen in a conversation with John Willoughby about the best in Mid-East pantry staples; contributor David Leite talks to journalist Tim Neville about his trip to the Swiss Alps to immerse himself in the art of fondue; and The Los Angeles Times’ Noelle Carter meets up with Toni Tipton Martin, author of “The Jemima Code, Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks.” Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Blood (rebroadcast) From medicine to the movies, the horrifying to the holy, and history to the present day — we consider the power and magic of the red liquid that runs through our veins. We meet an artist who opened his veins and got labeled a terrorist, douse ourselves in the meat and metaphors of blood in Shakespeare, wonder if clues to a gory fountain of youth could be lurking in the red blood cells of mice, and trace the complicated supply chain that gets blood from arms to operating tables.
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 Didn't We Solve This One? We’ve fought two wars since 9/11. We got help from tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans— some were targeted or killed because they helped us. We owe these people. We’ve passed laws that say so. So why has it been so hard for us to get many of them to safety?
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour An unlikely romance between an outdoorsy guy and an indoorsy woman; trials and tribulations of a marriage plus eight children; and Peter Sagal distracts himself from the pain of his divorce by running a marathon. Hosted by Senior Producer, Jenifer Hixson.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download Filmmaker Mike Mills celebrates his mom and other “20th Century Women”… Multi-instrumentalist Natalie Mering a.k.a. Weyes Blood takes us to the opera (inside her tiny apartment)…The Posts bring etiquette gifts that never expire…We learn about the secret that brilliant cartoonist George Herriman (“Krazy Kat”) kept ‘til his death… Rico samples Guarapo, Cuba's signature street beverage… And we look back at the time when a giant wave of molasses hit north Boston. Plus, beer’s musical notes, a little good shroom-er, and a newly-remastered track from the late Elliott Smith.
4:00pm Brazilian Experience with Sandy Tsukiyama Brazilian Northeast & Country Music
6:00pm Bridging the Gap with Nicholas Yee
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow Trumpeter Henry Red Allen is featured
10:00pm Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
8 SUNDAY
12:00am Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
2:00am BBC World Service
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 She has called Brain Pickings, her invention and labor of love, a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.” What Maria Popova really delivers, to hundreds of thousands of people each day, is wisdom of the old-fashioned sort, presented in new-fashioned digital ways. She cross-pollinates — between philosophy and design, physics and poetry, the intellectual and the experiential. We explore her gleanings on what it means to lead a good life — intellectually, creatively, and spiritually.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Bringing Unconditional Love to Ourselves (repeat) This dialogue with Robyn Posin, Ph.D. explores how we may become more consistently gentle, more kind, and more tender with ourselves in this mad-paced world. How may we develop the habit of listening to that little voice inside that is so often ignored in the name of expediency? She suggests some words we may use to coax this “little one” to come out and be heard. Robyn Posin is author of “Go Only As Fast As Your Slowest Part Feels Save To Go: Tales to Kindle Compassion and Gentleness for Our Exhausted Selves.” Program #3474.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour The Hero’s Journey From the Odyssey, to Robinson Crusoe, to Star Wars -- why are we drawn to stories about heroes? And what do they tell us about ourselves? This hour, TED speakers explore what makes a hero's journey.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Jay Gatsby, The Sheik of West Egg Popular music plays an essential role in The Great Gatsby. Here’s how.
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. We hit the road and return to live broadcasts with a visit to the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington and special guests The Shins, Regina Spektor, and comedian Hari Kondabolu. Plus: Chris Thile’s first Song of the Week of 2017, with a little help from the band (music director and pianist Rich Dworsky, Sarah Jarosz on vocals and octave mandolin, guitarist Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas on fiddle, bassist Paul Kowert, and Ted Poor on drums); our Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Serena Brook, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman; and a fresh crop of musical birthdays.
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Modern Traditions: Ben Harper and Carl LeBlanc (repeat) The singer-songwriter Ben Harper has been on the scene since the early ‘90s, but has more recently been digging deeper into the blues with the legendary harpman Charlie Musselwhite. We’ll talk with Ben about the musical journey from his family’s music store to what he calls his “graduation” album. Then an in-studio conversation with a guitarist who has played with Sun Ra and now plays banjo with Preservation Hall, New Orleans’ own Carl LeBlanc.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs Highlights of 2016, Part Two
9 MONDAY
4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. President Obama has protected 1.3 million acres of wild lands surrounding Bear’s Ears, an iconic pair of buttes in Utah with ecological and cultural importance, especially for Native Americans. Also we look at how factory hog farms are changing the seasonal flu season.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. Most people regard forgiveness to be a virtue worth striving for, but author/teacher Robin Casarjian explains how forgiving the misconduct of another can release us from the effects of their confusion.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
10 TUESDAY
4:00pm NPR News Special President Obama’s Farewell Address
6:30pm New Letters on the Air Since 1977, New Letters has been entertaining and informing audiences about contemporary writers and literature, focusing on a writer of poetry, fiction or essays, either in an intimate interview or in a public reading before an audience.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
11 WEDNESDAY
4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn. Moira speaks with Dr. Rita Colwell, Former Director of the National Science Foundation Founder and Chair of CosmosID, about changing the mission of how we diagnose disease. Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Kevin Judice, President and CEO of DiCE Molecules, discusses attempts to make biopharmaceutical drugs into easy-to-take pills and new efforts to intervene when a person goes into shock, and Dr. Thomas Hallam, Head of Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs at Leading BioSciences, talks about new treatments for humans suffering from shock.
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
12 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 Can’t Look…… Have to Look There is a growing negative reaction to what many people perceive as gratuitous violence in film and television. Thomas Britt (George Mason University) investigates why audiences are turning off shows with violent content like “The Walking Dead.” And: Flip open a German pulp novel, and you’re likely to find a detective who doesn’t shoot a gun or break the law. Bruce Campbell (College of William & Mary) explains why the weight of the Nazi past makes a German Dirty Harry an impossibility. Plus: As Japanese filmmakers brought Godzilla back over and over again, they have used the monster as a symbol to reveal central public concerns in Japan at the time. Jason Barr (Blue Ridge Community College) is the author of The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters, which looks at the history of Japanese monster movies.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner In Praise of Maintenance Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to ignore what we’ve already made? Stephen goes on a quest to make maintenance sexy. Turns out, it’s not the enemy of innovation, and it could be the saving grace of our infrastructure.
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
13 FRIDAY
4:00pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. Our inauguration special: A review of Barack Obama's arts legacy, how fashion goes from inside the beltway to the runway, and "Game Change" co-author John Heilemann talks about the cultural tastes of Donald Trump.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. This week, tensions between the press and the president-elect continued to mount. We examine why some news outlets chose to publish a salacious but unverified set of allegations about Donald Trump. Plus, writer Rebecca Solnit on finding hope in dark places.
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. On the Left, Katrina VanDen Heuvel, Editor and Publisher of The Nation. Rich Lowry of 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. Plenty of countries have elected female leaders. In this episode, Amy Davidson tries to determine why the glass ceiling in the United States has been so durable. George Saunders explains why Abraham Lincoln was not just a President but also a spiritual leader. David Remnick talks with Dan Savage about what it’s like to give sex advice for twenty-five years, and Ian Frazier finds the future of farming in an industrial building in Newark, New Jersey.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow Guitarist Joe Pass
10:00pm B-Sides and Beyond with Jon Alan
14 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. Betty Fussell has been writing unflinchingly about food history and food for over 50 years. Contributor Shauna Severs talks to her about her newest collection of essays, “Eat Live, Love Die.” We talk to Cook’s Science from America’s Test Kitchen about the what and why of bitter, and Serious Eat’s Kenji Lopez-Alt gives us a tour of the international breakfast scene. Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab Playing God When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest…or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? This hour we ask what happens, or what should happen, when humans are forced to play God.
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 Something Only I Can See When you’re the only one who can see something, sometimes it feels like you’re in on a special secret. The hard part is getting anyone to believe your secret is real. This week, people trying to show others what they see—including a woman with muscular dystrophy who believes she has the same condition as an Olympic athlete.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour True Stories Told Live
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 Composer and trumpet & flugelhorn player Kenny Wheeler
10:00pm Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
15 SUNDAY
12:00am Blues From the Basement with Jon Alan
2:00am BBC World Service
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 Transformative Path of Divine Love Dr. William Keepin states that the essence of God resides in the heart; this supreme reality is deeply personal. His work as both a scientist and a seeker of spiritual wisdom reveals that we are witnessing the birth of a vast, unified worldview that unites and cross-fertilizes East and West. This far-ranging conversation also includes a scientific view of consciousness and more. He is the author of “Belonging to God: Spirituality, Science, and a Universal Path of Divine Love.” Program #3599.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Networks Networks surround and sustain us, in nature, in our bodies, in relationships, in the digital world. This hour, TED speakers explore how we rely on networks and how we have the power to shape them.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Not Your Everyday Rain Songs When you take a common image and make it sing, you’re turning the familiar into something fresh; it’s what songwriters do.
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. We’re convening in Chicago for a live broadcast from the Symphony Center with special guests Andrew Bird, Laura Marling, and comedian Beth Stelling, who are sure to put the acoustically stunning hall to good use. Plus, button accordion and concertina player John Williams joins us to showcase a bit of Chicago’s Irish musical roots, our host Chris Thile is gearing up for another Song of the Week with the band (music director Rich Dworsky on keys, singer and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz, guitarist Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas on fiddle, bassist Paul Kowert, and Ted Poor on drums), and we’ll have scripts and scenes straight from the shores of Lake Michigan with our Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Serena Brook, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman.
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Dr. Lonnie Smith & Terrance Simien: Keys and Squeeze (repeat) From the heart of French Louisiana to the streets of New York, American Routes is mixing it up this week with two giants of their genres. We visit with jazz great Dr. Lonnie Smith, whose mastery of the music is synonymous with his ever-present Hammond B3 organ. We drop down deep in the pocket with Lonnie, and get keyed in to the past and present of soul and jazz. And out on the Cajun and Creole prairies we drop in on zydeco accordionist and Grammy award winner Terrance Simien. Plus jazz, blues and country tunes from keyboard masters of all kinds.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs 2016 IBMA Momentum Award Winners
16 MONDAY
4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. Scientific inquiry clarifies truths about our world, and the sea surface temperature analysis shows that our planet is heating up at a steady and increasing pace. Also, remembering an iconic centenarian cetacean, Granny, the matriarch that led a pod of locally endangered killer whales in Puget Sound.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. In time for MLK Day, we look back at the stunning display of forgiveness and nonviolence by the traumatized family members of Mother Emanuel church congregants, who were gunned down in 2015.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
17 TUESDAY
4:00pm Travel with Rick Steves. Word from Cuba is that life quickly got back to normal after the passing of Fidel Castro, but fears that the Trump presidency could double down on the U.S. embargo against the island have put a chill in the air. Two Americans who have made their living in Cuba shed light on the influence Americans have there. Also, author Ken Ilgunas tells us why he walked 1,700 miles from Alberta to Texas, to hear what people were saying about the proposed route for the Keystone XL pipeline.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Since 1985, Symphony Space in New York City has served as the stage for exciting pairings of authors and actors. Selected Shorts producers match Oscar and Tony Award-winning actors with short stories by acclaimed contemporary and classic authors. The results are magically entertaining events turned into captivating radio programs produced by WNYC, New York Public Radio.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air National Book Critics Circle Award winner Rodney Jones discusses what he learned about language from the late writers Kent Haruf and C.D. Wright, who both helped him shape his upcoming book. Jones also talks about putting together his selected works in SALVATION BLUES, ONE HUNDRED POEMS 1985-2005 and his newer book of poems called IMAGINARY LOGIC.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley
18 WEDNESDAY
4:00pm Tech Nation with Dr. Moira Gunn Whoever Has the Data Does the Science Moira speaks with Dava Sobel, the author of “Longitude”, “Galileo’s Daughter”, and “The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars.” Then on BioTech Nation, Tom Kottler, CEO of HealthPrize Technologies, discusses one approach to solve prescription noncompliance, and Dr. Arnold Lippa, Chief Scientific Officer of RespireRX, talks about approaches to circumvent the respiratory problems that accompany opioids abuse.
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
19 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 “Building a Wall”: Church and State in America When Jefferson designed the University of Virginia’s central Rotunda, he set out to build a temple to the book, a stunning rebuke to the Christian churches that anchored every other college of his day. But Jefferson’s secular utopia didn’t pan out exactly as he planned. Plus: Biblical scholars don’t like to get their hands dirty in the messy world of politics. But Frances Flannery (James Madison University) and Rodney Werline (Barton College) have found a dozen brave enough to fact-check politicians on their uses of the Bible. And: Evangelical America is changing. Sean Connable (Christopher Newport University) tracks online masses and hologram preachers to study how digital culture is changing the politics of faith.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner. In a world where everyone is looking for the next moonshot, Stephen argues that we shouldn’t ignore the power of incrementalism.
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. It's been 70 years since movie audiences first watched “The Wizard of Oz.” Meet the original man behind the curtain, L. Frank Baum, who had all the vision of Walt Disney, but none of the business sense. Discover how “Oz” captivated the imaginations of Russians living under Soviet rule. Hear how playwright Neil LaBute, filmmaker Nora Ephron, novelist Salman Rushdie, and musician Bobby McFerrin all found magic, meaning, and inspiration in Oz.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. President Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the press, but he’s hardly the first. We consider the long and fraught history of president-press relations. Plus, how the Obama administration’s last-minute expansion of surveillance powers might function in new hands.
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. On the Left is Katrina VanDen Heuvel, Editor and Publisher of The Nation. Rich Lowry of National Review is on the Right, and Mickey Kaus is our special guest.
7:00pm The New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick. With relations between the United States and Israel at a turning point, we examine the peace process and the possible death of the two-state solution. Plus, a rap fan explains how Run the Jewels speaks to the problems of middle age; and that guy in the office who switched to a standing desk won’t stop singing its praises.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow. Drummer Jimmy Cobb 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. Contributor Von Diaz talks to chef Justin Warner about his theories on flavor pairings. He is the author of “The Laws of Cooking,” which includes the law of peanut butter and jelly and the law of gin and tonic. America’s Test Kitchen brings us the latest in Tips & Tricks. Then, what should we expect from the people who sell us food? We get an opinion from cheese monger and food retailer Steve Jenkins. Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab DIY Two stories of humans DIY-ing answers to seemingly unsolvable problems. First, a homemade brain-stimulator that may unlock hidden potential. Then, the story of a family that finds an unlikely way to access their silent son's world.
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 Revolution Starts at Noon Some people are super-stoked for the political changes that are coming. Others, less so.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Misfits, The MET, and a Nursing Home Switcheroo An hour devoted to misfits! An awkward teenager finds his place at a museum, a child is given a sense of structure and order in life, a woman worries she isn't "Korean enough," and a daughter does her best to soothe her elderly mom. Hosted by The Moth’s Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness.
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. Guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima visits to discuss music and perform.
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 BBC World Service
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 Could we learn to talk about whiteness? The writer Eula Biss has been thinking and writing about being white and raising white children in a multi-racial world for a long time. She helpfully opens up words and ideas like “complacence,” “guilt,” and something related to privilege called “opportunity hoarding.” To be in this uncomfortable conversation is to realize how these words alone, taken seriously, can shake us up in necessary ways — but also how the limits of words make these conversations at once more messy and more urgent.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms The Eternal and Infinite Nature of the Self The experience of our essential nature is available to us at any moment. We don’t have to “practice” to get there. It is not something “exotic” to our being. Teacher of non-dualism Rupert Spira says “The peace for which we long, the fulfillment for which everybody longs lives in their own being. It’s accessible, available to everybody in their own being.” He is author of “Presence, Volume I & Volume II.” Program #3598.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour The Five Senses The five senses shape all our experience, but we still don’t fully understand them. In this episode, TED speakers explore how our brains make sense of sensation, and how our minds manufacture “reality.”
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm City Songs City songs aren’t about subject or setting, but rather about a defining sensibility that can only be called urban.
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. We head West to escape the depths of winter in the Midwest with a live broadcast from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California and special guests Ryan Adams, Kacey Musgraves, and Kevin Nealon. Plus: a new Song of the Week from Chris Thile and the band (pianist Rich Dworsky, singer Aoife O’Donovan, Mike Elizondo on bass, guitarist Julian Lage, drummer Ted Poor, and Gabe Witcher on fiddle); our Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Serena Brook, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman; and another crop of musician birthdays.
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Song Makers and Song Takers: William Bell and Chris Smither (repeat) We hear from great songwriters and performers- and those who emulate them. Original songs can take on new form and meaning when interpreted by different voices, and we’ll hear some of those renditions and transformations this week. We’ll hear the rocking Southern sound of the Drive By Truckers covering Bob Dylan, and Ray Charles doing Hank Williams. Our guest William Bell, from Memphis, will tell us all about his music being played by the Byrds, and bluesman Albert King. And we’ll go live on stage in Northampton Massachusetts with folk- blues guitarist Chris Smither for songs and stories.
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. Evolution is not always the gradual, slow process that you might imagine. Some animals, including lizards, are changing fast to live in cities, as their feet adapt to grip to slippery walls and windows. Also, recalculating the social cost of carbon, the societal costs of global warming and the benefits of cutting pollution.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. In a world given to so much brutality, it would be easy to underestimate the impact of basic human compassion in actually resolving strife, yet even in tense environments, people are transformed by gestures of understanding.
7:00pm SPECIAL: Intelligence Squared Is Policing Racially Biased? Since the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, the deaths of many African Americans at the hands of law enforcement have captured the public’s attention, from Tamir Rice, to Philando Castile. But there are some who say that these encounters have fed a narrative of biased policing that the data does not back up, vilifying people who are trying to do good in a difficult job that often puts them in harm’s way. Does crime drive law enforcement’s use of force, or is there racial bias? The debaters are Gloria Browne-Marshall, Heather Mac Donald, Marq Claxton, and Harry Stern.
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. British actor David Suchet helps us understand the importance of this year's 500-year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and it's no mystery why he finds London as the best city in the world for theatre. Travel writer Dave Fox tells us what he likes about living in Saigon, and listeners get Rick's advice for making the most of their European travel plans for the year ahead.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Since 1985, Symphony Space in New York City has served as the stage for exciting pairings of authors and actors. Selected Shorts producers match Oscar and Tony Award-winning actors with short stories by acclaimed contemporary and classic authors. The results are magically entertaining events turned into captivating radio programs produced by WNYC, New York Public Radio.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air Irish poet and former Chair of the Poetry Society in England, Anne Marie Fyfe explores parallels in her poetry with the life and work of the renowned William Butler Yeats as part of the "Mapping Yeats Symposium" at the 2015 Kansas City Irish Festival. The creator of the Coffee-House Poetry series at the Troubador in London, Fyfe reads from her fourth and fifth books, UNDERSTUDIES: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS and the 2015 HOUSE OF SMALL ABSENCES.
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.
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
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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 Up in Smoke The use of e-cigarettes and vaping is growing at a rapid rate. Now drug users are using e-cigarettes to vape illicit drugs. Michelle Peace (Virginia Commonwealth University) is part of a team investigating the use of e-cigarettes and illegal drugs. And: George Mason University’s Nadine Kabbani has new research showing that menthol can actually make cigarettes more addictive. This might be having an outsized impact on teen smokers--nearly 50% of them choose menthols over regular cigarettes.
7:00pm Freakonomics Radio with Stephen J. Dubner. We’ll hear about The Daily Show host Trevor Noah’s unique perspective on America’s politics, race relations, and popular culture, as well as what it was like growing up in apartheid South Africa, Plus: who are the most successful immigrants in the world?
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. A conversation with Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker, the story behind Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic moment, and a New York Times critic picks the timeliest show on TV.
5:00pm On the Media with Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone. The first week of the Trump administration was a frenzy of executive actions, misinformation, and attacks on the press. We consider how to report on a moving target. Plus, new research questions the influence of so-called “fake news.”
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. Keli Goff, Daily Beast columnist, is our guest host from the Center. On the Left is Katrina VanDen Heuvel, Editor and Publisher of The Nation. 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. BuzzFeed's Ben Smith sits down with David to talk about his decision to publish an unverified dossier that alleges secret ties between Donald Trump and Russia, a former NFL player grapples with the high risk of concussion for football players–while his son begins his own career in the sport, and cartoonist Liana Finck explains why she works best on the train.
8:00pm The Real Deal with Seth Markow. Jerome Kern showcase.
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-spiced tater tots anyone? We meet up with Indian master cook Raghavan Iyer over potatoes. His new book is “Smashed, Mashed, Boiled and Baked-and Fried Too!” Bridget Lancaster, host of America’s Test Kitchen, has been investigating sourdough starters first-hand, and contributor New York Times columnist Melissa Clark talks to Elaine Khosrova about her fascinating book “Butter, A Rich History.” Listeners can call The Splendid Table at 800-537-5252 - anytime! We do call-backs.
10:00am Radiolab The Good Show In this episode, a question that haunted Charles Darwin: if natural selection boils down to survival of the fittest, how do you explain why one creature might stick its neck out for another? Is altruism an aberration, or just an elaborate guise for sneaky self-interest? Do we really live in a selfish, dog-eat-dog world? Or has evolution carved out a hidden code that rewards genuine cooperation?
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 No Coincidence, No Story We asked listeners to send us their craziest, most memorable coincidence stories, and we got so many fun and delightful ones we decided to make a whole show about them. From a chance encounter at a Greyhound station to keys that unlock strange lairs to a baffling apparition in a college shower stall, the world is a mysterious place.
2:00pm The MOTH Radio Hour Mr. Rogers, Bellevue, Super Markets and Coney Island Danielle Ofri has a crisis of confidence while working the night-shift at Bellvue; Isobel Connelly discovers she has a heart condition at age six; David Newell gets a job as Mr. McFeely on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; Steve Zimmer flirts with a woman while at the supermarket; Helen Cooper spends a special birthday at Coney Island.
3:00pm The Dinner Party Download Actor America Ferrera explains the “super” part of superstores… Comedian Norm Macdonald gives us etiquette advice and reveals why his new memoir, BASED ON A TRUE STORY, is full of lies… Childstar-turned-writer Mara Wilson confronts the hereafter… Noise rock pioneer Lou Barlow celebrates soft rock with a soundtrack for your dinner party… Plus, the history of Play-doh, a crimson cocktail, nanofish in your bloodstream, 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. Bobby Hutcherson 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 BBC World Service
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 personal conversation in Montgomery, Alabama with Congressman John Lewis, on what happened on that bridge in Selma on Bloody Sunday and beyond - and how it might inform our common life even today. A rare look inside the civil rights leaders’ spiritual confrontation with themselves — and their intricate art of nonviolence.
11:00am New Dimensions with Justine Toms Reclaiming Wonder and Hope Here we explore the reclaiming of wonder and hope. We are in need of an upgrade, a new story upon which the mythic foundation of culture rests. Dr. Hank Wesselman says, “The old story about who we are, what we’re doing here, and what this world is all about is no longer supporting us . . . [W]e’re in need of a new story.” This is an invitation to co-create with spirit. He is the author of “The Re-Enchantment: A Shamanic Path to a Life of Wonder.” Program #3597.
12:00pm TED Radio Hour Screen Time-Part 1 It's normal for us to be constantly glued to our screens. How are they changing us, and how will they shape our future? This hour, TED speakers explore our ambivalent relationships with our screens.
1:00pm Kanikapila Sunday with Derrick Malama
4:00pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm Sob Songs Irving Berlin coined the term so here are the great “sob songs,” music and words by the master.
5:00pm Sinatra, the Man and the Music with Guy Steele
6:00pm A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. We present a rebroadcast of our season premiere with Chris Thile from our home base, the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, rock star, and man-about-Nashville Jack White shares a few acoustic tunes. Brooklyn's Lake Street Dive lights up Exchange Street with an infectious blend of pop, soul, and jazz -- and comedian Maeve Higgins from County Cork, by way of New York City. Plus: scripts, scenes, and sound effects from our Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Serena Brook, and Fred Newman; and music from The First-Call Radio Players (Richard Dworsky on piano, guitarist Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas on fiddle, Sarah Jarosz singing and playing banjo and octave mandolin, bassist Paul Kowert, and Ted Poor on drums).
8:00pm American Routes with Nick Spitzer Motor City Music of Detroit (repeat) We cruise the musical map of Detroit, catching the sights and sounds of the Motor City. From Hamtramck to Dearborn, we'll meet the proud people who made the cars and played the bars. Jazz modernist Yusef Lateef tells of his time on the assembly line. Smokey Robinson talks about growing up with Motown's future stars. We'll learn how to construct a hit record from Motown studio insiders, then visit a raccoon hunters club, known for bluegrass jams. Plus rockabilly stars, dream cars and polka bands... all from Detroit.
10:00pm Full Nelson with Tim Vandeveer
11:00pm Bluegrass Breakdown with Dave Higgs November 1976-January 1977
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4:00pm Living On Earth with Steve Curwood. The new President has the Obama administration’s global warming mitigation policies in his cross-hairs, but they can’t all be easily rolled back just by Executive Order. Also, another visit to the place where you live, a spot in Manhattan with the exotic name of Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
5:00pm The Body Show with Dr. Kathleen Kozak.
6:30pm Humankind with David Freudberg. A return visit to the Seeds of Peace summer camp, when teenagers from opposing sides of conflict regions, including the Middle East, arrive for amazing encounters of dialogue and fun.
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. Author Tim Parks helps us appreciate how the Italian rail system works. He depends on it daily, even during a strike, and explains why it's more than mere transportation. Plus, a pair of tour guides from opposite parts of Italy highlight the differences you'll notice between the north and the south of their country. With a little coaching, you can find enjoyable contrasts that reflect the local scene.
5:00pm Selected Shorts Since 1985, Symphony Space in New York City has served as the stage for exciting pairings of authors and actors. Selected Shorts producers match Oscar and Tony Award-winning actors with short stories by acclaimed contemporary and classic authors. The results are magically entertaining events turned into captivating radio programs produced by WNYC, New York Public Radio.
6:30pm New Letters on the Air Poet Dan Jaffe is the guest co-editor of the most recent issue of NEW LETTERS magazine that focuses on jazz. Jaffe has always combined his poetry and his love of music in performances with modern composers of opera, classical music, as well as jazz. In this program, he reads from FESTIVAL and PLAYING THE WORD: JAZZ POEMS, which explores the jazz world, especially the Celestial City, a nickname for Kansas City.
7:00pm BBC World Service
8:00pm Evening Jazz with Charles Husson
10:00pm Jazz After Hours with Jeff Hanley