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.

A chosen few plant workers, government and even elite U.S. military resources have been used to try and avoid a disaster at nuclear power stations in Japan; meanwhile, there's a growing feeling in the country that the government has not been forthright or effective; a look at e-books and libraries; four New York Times reporters are missing in Libya; a look at the workers who might be left behind to try and prevent disaster at a power plant in the U.S. should something similar occur; the new "catastrophe bond" market; an update on several countries in the Middle East; comedy at South By Southwest; and a look at just how dangerous and scary radiation really is. 

We’ll look at efforts to smuggle digital technologies like cell phones into North Korea to establish communication with the outside world. David Monagan discusses his experiences as an American in Ireland over the last decade, and what the future might hold now that the Irish economic bubble has burst. Mystery novelist Ian Rankin talks about ending his long-running series featuring detective John Rebus, and his new novel, The Complaints. Plus, our latest Underreported segment looks at the political and humanitarian crisis in Cote D’Ivoire and Backstory discovers the rise of secret facilities within federal prisons that house people with alleged ties to terrorism.

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.