Daily Schedule

New York Times reporter David Unger discusses the hidden costs of America’s obsession with absolute national security. Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe talks about singing three major roles at the Metropolitan Opera this season. Also A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at a lacquered cup from China’s Han dynasty. Plus on today’s Please Explain, Jeffrey Sachs discusses the possibilities of world peace for the final installment of our How to Save the World series.

Saturday, February 25, 2012 6AM on 93.9 FM and NJPR; Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2PM on AM 820; and Sunday, February 26 at 8PM on AM 820 and NJPR No state in the South was more re...

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.

Why is pop culture obsessed with blondes? From Marilyn Monroe to Rihanna, we look at the seductive power of golden locks. And on Hollywood’s biggest weekend, we ask, do the Oscars matter anymore? Plus Kurt Andersen gets a tour of the dozens of birds, plants, antiques, and oh yeah, paintings, ...

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. 

For this New Sounds, listen to some recent film scores, new music-style.  We'll hear from a collection of soundtrack work that Nick Cave has done with Warren Ellis, called "White Lunar."  It's a 2-disc set including music from the forthcoming film "The Road," along with music from two documentary films; one about young girls caught up in Cambodia's sex trade and the other, "The English Surgeon," follows a doctor's attempt to bring neurosurgery to post-Soviet Ukraine.