Daily Schedule

BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

On today's Takeaway: a conversation with author Jonathan Safran Foer, who is releasing a new version of an old Jewish text. We discuss today's deadline for state takeover for the city of Detroit with WDET reporter Laura Weber and Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh. Also on the Takeaway, behavioral economics researcher Lisa Gennetian discusses how end-of-month hunger affects student discipline; Fronteras correspondent Jude Joffe-Block and Washington Post columnist Ruben Navarette talk about how today's political candidates risk cultural blunders courting the Latino vote; and reporter for the Times Picayune Laura Maggi tells us about the sentencing and aftermath of the Danziger Bridge case.

MIT economist Simon Johnson talks about the national debt. Pulitzer Prize-winner Marilynne Robinson joins us to talk about her celebrated novel Housekeeping for the latest installment of our Book Club. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a carved life-like Ife Head from medieval Africa. Plus, Matt Taibbi joins us for this week’s Backstory segment about the rocky situation at Bank of America.

MIT economist Simon Johnson talks about the national debt. Pulitzer Prize-winner Marilynne Robinson joins us to talk about her celebrated novel Housekeeping for the latest installment of our Book Club. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a carved life-like Ife Head from medieval Africa. Plus, Matt Taibbi joins us for this week’s Backstory segment about the rocky situation at Bank of America.

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.