Daily Schedule

BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman met with representatives of the pro-democracy movement, including the Muslim Brotherhood, in negotiations aimed at ending the two-week-old uprising; the political uprisings in Egypt, Yemen, and Tunisia as seen by the leadership of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and al-Qaida; recapping last night's Super Bowl; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Southern Sudan, and Julian Assange are all a part of this week's agenda; the connection between protests in the Middle East and George W. Bush's "freedom agenda"; a new epic poem about the Amistad; and, an evolutionary connection to belief in a higher power.

Judith Warner questions whether we are over-diagnosing, and more important, over-medicating our children. Then, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki talks about his new documentary about the life and political rise of Ronald Reagan. Also, Aminatta Forna discusses her second novel, The Memory of Love. We’ll get a profile of prominent Egyptian opposition figures, including Mohamed ElBaradei. Plus, Susan Jacoby looks at how aging is perceived in America today.

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.