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.

How small businesses are coping with the effects of the Great Repression; new study on life expectancy in the America; Rep. Peter King's hearing on radicalization of American prison inmates; state budget in California; favorite Father's Day books; the War Powers Act and American involvement in Libya; Bob Lutz, former vice chairman of General Motors; Medicaid recipients' access to doctors; Fans react to Stanley Cup; Baby Boomers coming up for retirement.

We’ll look at the worldwide trend of parents choosing to have boys rather than girls, and what the consequences of a global gender imbalance could be. Former Major League baseball player Jim Leyritz talks about his professional highs and lows—on and off the field. Eilen Jewell and her band perform songs from her new album, “Queen of the Minor Key.” On Underreported, find out what the WikiLeaks cables reveal about diplomatic attitudes toward Haiti. And Backstory looks at Yemen’s next-door neighbor, the isolated kingdom of Oman.

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.

Special coverage of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's address. 

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.