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.

The Future of US-China Relations; A Troubling Twitter Trend; A Closer Look at the Republican's Payroll Tax Cut Deal; America's Tent Cities; Romney To Michigan Voters: "I am a son of Detroit"; An 'Inside Look' at Mitt Romney; Women's Rights in Libya One Year After the Revolution; Unapproved Hip Replacement Caused Pain Worldwide; Admiral Seeks Greater Authority Over Special Ops Deployment; Jeremy Lin and Linsanity Continues

On today’s show: Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin tell us how they became the faces of the Tea Party Patriots. We’ll hear about a new exhibit of Renaissance portraiture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at a sculpture from the Parthenon. Plus, our word maven, Patricia T. O’Conner, takes your calls on the English language.

On today’s show: Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin tell us how they became the faces of the Tea Party Patriots. We’ll hear about a new exhibit of Renaissance portraiture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at a sculpture from the Parthenon. Plus, our word maven, Patricia T. O’Conner, takes your calls on the English language.

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.

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.