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.

Up to ten thousand protesters converged on Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Egypt's capital city on Sunday, defying a curfew and extending a mass protest against the authoritarian regime into a seventh day. Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei addressed crowds over the weekend and he appeared to join forces with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, which is seeking an Islamic state. Meanwhile, Egyptian ex-pats in America struggled to contact relatives back home.

Wendy Kopp, the founder and President of Teach for America, talks about her organization’s efforts to end educational inequity. Then, eight-time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne performs live in our studios. Plus, Rana Dasgupta describes his novel, Solo, about a 100 year old blind Bulgarian man. Also, WNYC reporter Kathleen Horan fills us in on “Out from Behind the Apron,” her event in the Greene Space that allows waiters and bartenders to dish. And, Maxine Hong Kingston discusses her unusual memoir in verse about life and aging.

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.