On Being is a "spacious conversation" and an evolving media space about the big questions at the center of human life, from the boldest new science of the human brain to the most ancient traditions of... (view more)
Each two-hour program features four or five guests and is recorded with a live audience. Each guest performs a three- to six-song segment. Each show weaves the program regulars and local station ID op... (view more)
Ira Glass combines documentary journalism with other kinds of storytelling: radio monologues, found tapes, short fiction and interviews. Sidestepping sensationalism, Ira and his staff serve up narrati... (view more)
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while ... (view more)
Rick Steves shares his vast travel information, experience and inspiration with public radio listeners in his debut radio program: Travel with Rick Steves. Starting in April, Rick hosts a weekly hour ... (view more)
Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features progr... (view more)
The show provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. The program exposes and highlights biased and i... (view more)
For two hours every weekday, hosts Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features.
From civil wars in Bosnia and El Salvador, to hospital rooms, police stations, and America's backyards, National Public Radio's Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon brings a well-traveled p... (view more)
Each week, we focus on science topics that are in the news and try to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join Ira Flatow to discus... (view more)
Produced every weekday in Boston, this is a fast-paced program that covers up-to-the-minute news and also provides regular features on food and cooking, science and technology, and personal finance, a... (view more)
Guided by your host Fiona Ritchie, step into the heart of an ancient tradition of reels, jigs, ballads, and laments. Then follow the pulse towards new music: an exuberant blend of irresistible rhythms... (view more)
Talk of Alaska is a weekly statewide 1-hour call-in program distributed LIVE on the 25 stations of the Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN). Listen live and participate each Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. or sub... (view more)
Just because it's the weekend doesn't mean you can't keep up with current affairs. Relax with a mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features.
Up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, commentary, and coverage of arts and sports. That unique mix of news and culture has made this enduring program a national favorite.
American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans, presenting a broad range of American music: blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun a... (view more)
Since 1991, host David Dye has been exploring the frontiers of contemporary music for his listeners on a daily basis, making sense of a world of music. Featuring live performance and interviews with e... (view more)
Levitt and Dubner wrote Freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama's boys. They figured it would sell about 80 copies. Instead, it ... (view more)
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Hearts of Space
"slow music for fast times" The ancient resonances of drums, bells, and flutes, the exotic tones of gongs and gamelans, the electronic sounds of the ambient frontier. Still going strong after 28 years... (view more)
KTNA's Mission: To operate a non-profit, educational, community radio station with local access; to provide a broad base of educational, cultural and informational programming to challenge, broaden an...
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