BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Daily Schedule
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12:00 AM
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05:00 AMSpecial Programming
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05:30 AM
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Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality.
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06:00 AM
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Maria Hinojosa guides our cross-cultural understanding of politics, social ideas and personal stories, told through the lens of the nation’s growing and increasingly diverse community of Latinos.
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07:00 AM
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Hearing Voices from NPR® is a weekly series of The Best of Public Radio: a sixty-minute stream of “driveway moments” all connected by a weekly theme. We listen to broadcasts and podcasts; we dig through audio archives; and we scour the web to find the best stories, sound-portraits, slam poets, docs, radio dramas, features, and found-sound.
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08:00 AM
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Interviews with top newsmakers in politics, science, and the arts, and Will Shortz brings you the beloved Weekend Puzzle.
Go to program: Weekend Edition Sunday -
11:00 AM
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Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.
- Host:
- Chris Thile
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01:00 PM
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Classic and contemporary short fiction read by some of the most iconic voices in today’s world of film, theater and comedy. Recorded live at Symphony Space in New York City.
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02:00 PM
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The Flaming Lips & Theresa Andersson
Kurt Andersen talks with Wayne Coyne, the mastermind of the Flaming Lips, about a near-death experience. Marina Abramović, the self-described "grandmother of performance art," sits silently in a museum atrium for months. And DIY soulster Theresa Andersson brings a garage’s worth of gadgets to the studio for a live performance. ...
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03:00 PMSpecial Programming
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04:00 PM
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Smiley & West from Public Radio International (PRI) is an energetic radio program that is a fusion of thought provoking, intelligent and stimulating dialogue on every subject from news & politics to entertainment & culture. The one-hour weekly show attracts a broad spectrum of compelling guests and asks questions that solicits newsworthy discussions. Please contact PRI for more information & archival purposes.
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- Tavis Smiley
- Dr. Cornel West
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05:00 PM
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A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
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06:00 PMSpecial Programming
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07:00 PM
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A weekly, hour-long romp through the worlds of media, politics, sports and show business, leavened with an eclectic mix of mysterious music, hosted by Harry Shearer.
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08:00 PMBurn: An Energy Journal
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Hunting for Oil: Risks and Rewards
Host Alex Chadwick tackles one of the most important energy questions facing America: Are we running out of oil? It’s not an easy question to answer and, in an effort to understand what’s at stake, Alex travels to some of the country’s most important petroleum exploration sites. What is oil? How ...
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09:00 PM
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Featuring first-person stories from around the world about how we treat each other. The State We're In is a weekly radio program from Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
- Host:
- Jonathan Groubert
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10:00 PMSpecial Programming
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11:00 PM
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A long time favorite with public radio audiences, Joe Frank's programs are sometimes dark, sometimes absurdist, sometimes solo recitations, sometimes ensemble pieces performed and/or improvised by actors, sometimes voices of real people heard in real situations, whether man-in-the-street interviews or phone conversations with lovers or strangers.
- Host:
- Joe Frank
Go to program: Joe Frank