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.

The Debt Limit Debate Continues; Major League Baseball Finds Controversy at All-Star Game Location; On Day 12 of Minnesota State Shutdown, Some Residents Losing Patience; Adventures in 'Tomatoland;' As Unemployment Benefits Expire, How Will the Economy Fare?; Checking In with the Long Term Unemployed; Marine Base Gets Its First Female General; News Corp. Scandal Spreads to Other International Papers

Peter Tomsen, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, talks about the many, many wars the Central Asian country has faced over the centuries and why great powers have often failed there. Then, a journalist describes his experience being embedded with Moroccan security forces. Glen Duncan tells us about his new novel, The Last Werewolf. And Google’s first director of marketing and brand management gives the first-ever insider’s account of the increasingly powerful Internet giant.

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.