Programs
Throughline
Throughline (Sundays from 5 – 6 p.m.). The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.
The Middle
The Middle with Jeremy Hobson (Thursdays from 8 – 9 p.m.) is a weekly, live national call-in talk show aimed at elevating the voices of people in “the middle.” Americans who are geographically, politically or philosophically in “the middle” are crucial in our politics, yet they are often ignored. The Middle is a non-partisan, non-judgmental, […]
It’s Been A Minute
It’s Been a Minute (Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.) is a weekly one-hour engaging conversation — a timely and topical look back at the week’s news, with pop culture features and interviews. Launched as a twice-weekly podcast in June 2017, It’s Been a Minute became a one-hour weekly radio program beginning October 6, […]
Travel with Rick Steves
Travel with Rick Steves (Sunday 1 – 2 p.m.) showcases America’s most respected authority on European travel, Rick Steves. He empowers Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. In 1976, he started his business, Rick Steves’ Europe, headquartered near Seattle. There he produces a best-selling guidebook series, a popular public […]
The Splendid Table
A culinary, culture and lifestyle program, The Splendid Table (Sunday noon – 1 p.m.), hosts our nation’s conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture and introduced us to generations of food dignitaries. Hosted by award-winning food writer Francis Lam, you can expect a modern, multicultural weekly snapshot of the food world — exploring different cultures, […]
Highway 61
Highway 61 (Saturday from 9 – 10 p.m.) is an award-winning, one-hour blues program from Mississippi Public Broadcasting hosted by Scott Baretta at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at Ole Miss. Baretta is a writer and researcher for the Mississippi Blues Trail, former editor of Living Blues magazine, and author of Mississippi: […]
Bluegrass Breakdown
Bluegrass Breakdown (Saturday from 8 – 9 p.m.), is … well … maybe we’d better let them describe themselves. Produced by WPLN in Nashville and hosted by Dave Higgs, the show is “an emotionally-charged, heart-rending, paint-peeling, splinter-kicking one-hour bluegrass show. Thematically, we’re all over the bluegrassical map, boldly covering such hot topics as broken things […]
Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions (Saturday 5 – 6 p.m.) is where people who love music can come together. You can make discoveries, debate, learn about pop culture, engage, have fun, and find new ways to further enrich your lives through music. Whether you’re an expert or just a casual fan, Sound Opinions is your source for smart […]
Marketplace
Marketplace (weekdays from 6 – 6:30 p.m.) is public radio’s daily magazine on business and economics news “for the rest of us.” The 30-minute program — with an irreverent reporting style all its own — boasts the largest audience for any business program in the United States on radio, cable, or network television. In conjunction […]
The Moth Radio Hour
The Moth Radio Hour (Saturday from noon to 1 and Sunday from 5 – 6 p.m.) is a weekly series featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment. Each Moth Radio Hour mixes humorous, heartbreaking, and poignant tales that captivate, surprise, and delight audiences with their honesty, bravery and humor. […]
1A
1A (weekdays from 9 – 11 a.m.) aspires to be the most important daily conversation about the issues of our time and takes a deep and unflinching look at America, bringing context and insight to stories unfolding across the country and the world. The show explores important issues such as policy, politics, and technology, while […]
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment (Saturday from 2 – 3 p.m.) is a program and podcast mix of real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Hosted by Glynn Washington, the program’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling … with a BEAT!
Reveal
Reveal (Sunday from 3 – 4 p.m.) is an investigative reporting program from The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and PRX. It presents original work from CIR’s team along with various partners including stations, producers, websites, journalism centers, and reporters from around the world. The show examines what governments, businesses, and communities are doing behind […]
Mountain Stage
Mountain Stage (Saturday from 6 – 8 p.m.) is the home of live music on public radio. Recorded in front of a live audience for more than 30 years, Mountain Stage features performances from seasoned legends and emerging stars in genres ranging from folk, blues, and country; to indie rock, synth-pop, world music, alternative, and […]
Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday (Sunday from 7-9 a.m.) with host Lulu Garcia-Navarro combines the news with colorful arts and human-interest features, appealing to the curious and eclectic. The show features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. And the highlight for many listeners is the puzzle segment with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle […]
With Heart and Voice
With Heart and Voice (Sunday from 6-7 a.m.) presents sacred music that spans the full range of Western classical music, from the Gothic period through the 21st century, with occasional surprises from the non-western tradition. The program, hosted by Peter DuBois, celebrates the seasons of the liturgical year and focuses on the richness and beauty […]
This American Life
There’s a theme to each episode of This American Life (Sunday from 2-3 p.m.) and a variety of stories on that theme. Mostly the show is journalism, but an entertaining kind of journalism that’s built around plot. In other words, stories! Our favorite sorts of stories have compelling people at the center of them, funny moments, […]
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
For a wacky and whip-smart approach to the week’s news and newsmakers, listen no further than Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, (Saturday and Sunday from 10 – 11 a.m.) the oddly informative news quiz from NPR. During each fast-paced, irreverent show, host Peter Sagal leads what might be characterized as the news Olympics. Callers, panelists, […]
Classical Music
Listen to Classical music overnight every every weekday starting at 8 p.m. You’ll hear hosts who are lively, engaging, and knowledgeable as they introduce your old favorites pieces and introduce you to new favorites. The depth and breadth of the classical music repertoire is vast, and hosts often illuminate the music they present with well-researched […]
Science Friday
Covering everything from the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday (you guessed it…on Fridays from 1 – 3 p.m.) is the trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science. The show began as a radio program in 1991 by host and executive producer Ira Flatow. Since then, it’s […]
Here & Now
Here & Now (Monday – Thursday from 12 – 3 p.m. and Friday from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.) reflects the news as it’s happening in the middle of the day with timely, smart, and in-depth news, interviews, and conversation. The show’s daily lineup includes interviews with NPR reporters, editors, and bloggers, as well as […]
Weekend Edition Saturday
Weekend Edition Saturday, (Saturday from 7- 9 a.m.) offers a wrap-up of the week’s news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR’s Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon. Drawing on his experience in covering 10 […]
TED Radio Hour
TED Radio Hour (Saturday from 11 to noon) investigates the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world’s greatest thinkers. Can we preserve our humanity in the digital age? Where does creativity come from? And what’s the secret to living longer? In each episode, host Manoush Zomorodi explores a big idea through […]
Radiolab
Radiolab (Saturday from 1-2 p.m.) is an experiential investigation that explores themes and ideas through a patchwork of people, sounds, and stories. In each episode, Radiolab experiments with sound and style, allowing science to fuse with culture and information to sound like music. Hosted by Jad Abumrad, Radiolab is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but […]
On The Media
On The Media (Saturday from 3 – 4 p.m.) is the program for people eager to challenge their assumptions. Every week it uses the media as a magnifying glass to reveal the deeper truths behind the daily onslaught of information. Hosted by veteran reporters Brooke Gladstone, the Peabody-award-winning On the Media is notable for its wry […]
Hearts of Space
Hearts of Space (Sunday from 10 p.m. to midnight) grew out of former architect Stephen Hill’s fascination with space-creating, ambient and contemplative music. Beginning in 1973, Hill hosted a weekly late-night radio program on KPFA-FM in the San Francisco Bay area. What began purely as a labor of love eventually became the most popular contemporary […]
Morning Edition
The best thing about waking up for more than 13 million people worldwide? Coffee, juice, and a staple to satisfy the curious with Morning Edition (weekday mornings from 5 – 9). Hours before alarms buzz and coffeemakers drip, an international team of award-winning journalists, commentators, producers, and analysts prepare the most popular news program on public […]
Fresh Air
Fresh Air with Terry Gross (weekdays from 11 – noon) is a Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues and one of public radio’s most popular programs. Though Fresh Air has been categorized as a “talk show,” it hardly fits the mold. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation credits Fresh Air with “probing questions, […]
Echoes
Echoes (Sunday from 7-10 p.m.) is a three-hour music soundscape. With host John Diliberto, a writer for Billboard, Pulse, and other magazines, Echoes brings together a wide array of styles, from acoustic to electronic, jazz to space music, the avant-garde to rock. Echoes is a sound that is cross-cultural and trans-millennial, merging cultures and forms, […]
All Things Considered
All Things Considered (weekdays from 3- 6 p.m. and weekends from 4-5 p.m.) is the most listened-to afternoon drive-time news radio program in the country. You’ll hear the biggest stories of the day and thoughtful commentaries as well as insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts, life, music and entertainment. And they’ll […]
