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.

Murdoch Closes 'World' As Scandal Broadens; Middle East Wine Revolution: Arab Awakening Boosts Wine Business; Social Security Cuts Reportedly On Table As Debt Ceiling Talks Continue; Summer Music: Jim James's Mixed Tape; Twelve Million People Need Food Aid after Rains Fail in Africa; New Movie Releases: 'Horrible Bosses,' 'Zookeeper,' 'Project Nim'; My America: John Turturro; News Of The World Hacking Victim Speaks Out.

On today’s show, we’ll look at whether tenure is a cause of some of the problems in higher education. Then, we’ll talk to the director and one of the human participants in a documentary called “Project Nim,” about a chimpanzee who was raised to test the language abilities of apes. Joseph Dorman talks about his documentary on the writer Sholem Aleichem. Plus, Please Explain is all about those gelatinous blobs that may sting you at the beach—jellyfish!

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.