Daily Schedule

The New Yorker’s John Seabrook tells us what YouTube is doing to maintain its competitive edge. Tony- and Emmy award-winner Cynthia Nixon on her role in the Broadway revival of Margaret Edsen’s Pulitzer Prize winning play,“Wit.” The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at a form fitting gold cape that had been worn by a very powerful person in Bronze Age Britain. Then, we’ll take the temperature on the unusually warm weather we’ve been having. Plus, the next installment in our Please Explain series on How to Save the World takes a look at efforts to combat climate change.

 

Saturday, February 4th at 6AM on 93.9 FM and NJPR; Saturday, February 4th at 2PM on AM 820; and Sunday, February 5th at 8PM on AM 820 and NJPR It's been more than four decades since ...

NPR’s Scott Simon reports on the world’s top news, features and entertainment to your Saturday morning. 

The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.

Kurt Andersen talks with Gerardo Naranjo, the director of the new film Miss Bala, about a beauty pageant contestant caught in the middle of Mexico’s drug war. The composer Eve Beglarian travels the length the Mississippi River collecting songs and stories — she performs live in the studio. And one ...

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.

ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio. 

Usually relegated to the grounding end of things instead of a solo instrument, the bass clarinet has a distinct woody sound, but is actually quite versatile. For this New Sounds, we'll hear everything from electroacoustic work to chamber music, from North African to Alaskan music. Hear pieces by Anouar Brahem, Michel Portal, John Surman, Marty Ehrlich’s Dark Woods Ensemble, and John Luther Adams.