Daily Schedule

BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

Freshmen Representatives and Senators come to Washington, D.C. for orientation; Ireland and Portugal could be next in the E.U. to need a financial bailout; how Muslims around the world prepare for the Hajj; what counts as a firing offense in American offices; American program in Bagram tries to re-integrate Taliban members by teaching them marketable skills, including bread baking; the first in our 'Tough Cuts' series on the implications of various ways to balance the budget; novelist Salman Rushdie on his latest: "Luka and the Fire of Life."

Richard Wolffe talks about being an eye witness to much of President Obama’s first two years in office. Then B.J. Thomas—of “Raindrops Keep fallin’ on My Head” fame—discusses his 40-year career in music. Also, South African writer Damon Galgut describes his latest novel, In a Strange Room. Plus historian Philip Dray tells about organized labor’s long struggle in America, from the industrial revolution to the present.

Marco Werman hosts an engaging daily portrait of what’s happening around the world, from PRX, the BBC and WGBH in Boston.

Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

Hosted by Warren Olney, To the Point is a fast-paced, news based one-hour daily national program that focuses on the hot-button issues of the day, co-produced by KCRW and Public Radio International.