Daily Schedule

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City, talks about the redistricting efforts in New York State as Albany legislators grapple with the process. Plus: U.S. Senator Robert Menendez of...

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 closer look at exactly who the Libyan rebels are, and the United States' alliance with them; looking at the laws behind military engagement; Arab nation Qatar joins coalition forces; Japan's rescue efforts move to relief; crises in Japan and Libya raise oil prices; potential AT&T merger with T-Mobile; and looking at fallout from released photos of soldiers posing with dead civilians.  

On today’s show: We’ll find out how the earthquake in Japan—the world’s third largest economy—is affecting the global marketplace. Then, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Darnton talks about his lifelong quest to learn about his father, who was killed in WWII while working as a correspondent for the New York Times. Environmental writer Eugene Linden tells us about the few remaining indigenous cultures that have refused to join the modern world. Sarah Vowell describes the Americanization of Hawaii in the late 19th century.

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.

BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.