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.

Host Al Letson is one of the winners of the PRX Talent Quest which sought to bring new voices into Public Radio. You may have heard his Black History special on Bayard Rustin this past February.  State of the Re:Union explores the resonating themes, stories, challenges and cultural components that ...

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.

Sarah Jessica Parker on her new movie, "Sex and the City 2," and the new Bravo reality series she created: "Work of Art." Alfred Molina tells Kurt Andersen how he transforms into the abstract painter Mark Rothko for his current Broadway show, "Red." And a gathering of black banjo players in North Carolina highlights a forgotten chapter of music history.

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. 

Hear some music theatre pieces on this New Sounds show.  Listen to Philip Glass 's recent release "Waiting for the Barbarians," adapted from the novel by the South African writer and Nobel Prize Winner John Coetzee.