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.

"Get Out The Vote" operations swinging into high gear as campaign season hits the home stretch; President Obama's reduced draw for young voters; Guantánamo detainee Omar Khadr pleads guilty, heading off a military trial; Chinese companies hire Westerners as sham CEOs; Sony to end production of the Walkman after 31 years; discerning fact and fiction in political campaign ads; financial advice for Baby Boomers with aging parents; Florida political races; an interview with The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt and Claudia Gonson.

New York Times columnist Gail Collins weighs in on outlandish things politicians have been saying recently, for the latest installment of our series How Did Politics in America Get So Weird? Then, Nate Silver looks at incumbents running for re-election, and why so many of them may be at risk of losing their seats. And Pulitzer-prize winning historian and journalist Garry Wills talks about his life covering great events and the people at the center of them.

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.