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.

Though President Obama has insisted that no ground troops will enter Libya, the CIA has been conducting clandestine operations there for several weeks, assisting Libya's rebels; new worries over arming anti-Gadhafi forces; the Ivory Coast heads for a civil war; Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa, on whether the federal government is headed for a shutdown; a new life for long-form journalism on the iPad; in San Francisco, a car-share program lets strangers borrow your car; and, eccentric chemistry enthusiast Hugh Aldersey Williams on his new book "Period Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc."

On today’s show: We’ll speak to the two investigative reporters who broke the corruption story in New Jersey in 2009 that involved crooked rabbis, a ponzi scheme, and black-market kidneys. Harvard English Professor Marjorie Garber discusses how the digital world is changing the definition of literature. It’s opening day, and baseball historian John Thorn tells us about the early days of baseball. Plus, Backstory is all about the legal and personal troubles of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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.