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.

Capitol Hill will see a much more evenly-divided Congress in 2011, which could either mean absolute gridlock, or compromise borne of necessity. Also, nuclear shipments on the rise as efforts to secure loose material ramp up; we look ahead to how the auto and energy industries will fare in 2011; discuss political shifts in Pakistan and how they will affect our military mission along the border; continue our series on governors with the re-election of Arizona's Gov. Jan Brewer; and talk with Sal Khan about his wildly popular free, online math and science tutorials, which recently caught the eye of Bill Gates.

On today’s show: R. Christopher Whelan explains what has happened historically when Americans have spent beyond their means. Then, Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin discusses his life as one of the nation’s most respected and well known poets and his efforts as a conservationist in Hawaii. Also, Simon Winchester discusses his biography of a gargantuan subject: the Atlantic Ocean. Plus, we’ll look at the best New York stories that the now-defunct City section of the New York Times published in its 16 year history.

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.