National Programs on WYQS
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All Things Considered: All Things Considered is a vital daily companion to people who strive to stay informed and in touch. Since its debut in 1971, this daily afternoon radio newsmagazine has been a leader and innovator in broadcast journalism. Through the incisive and intuitive, relevant and reflective reporting that characterizes the program, All Things Considered transforms the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Heard by more than 12 million* people on over 600 radio stations each week, All Things Considered is one of the most popular programs in America. Every weekday, hosts Melissa Block, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel present two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special – sometimes quirky – features. Threaded between reports is the distinctive music that inspired the creation of the online program All Songs Considered. Andrea Seabrook hosts a one-hour edition of the program on Saturday and Sunday. |
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BBC Newshour: With the world's 24-hour news cycle more intense and unrelenting than ever, there's never been a greater need for a program that cuts through the background noise and provides the definitive take on the big stories of the day, presented by the BBC's global network of correspondents, with all the information one needs to keep up with world events. "Newshour" delivers an hour of headlines, commentary and reporting from around the world, twice each day, every single day of the year. Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Award in 2008 for best news and current affairs radio show, it presents an authoritative and extended explanation of the day's lead story, compelling reports from the BBC's team of correspondents, and probing interviews with the news makers at the heart of every story. |
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BBC World Service: For over 70 years, BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source for news. No other news source has a network of international correspondents, reporters and producers to rival BBC. When news breaks — anywhere, anytime — BBC is there. The BBC World Service is far more than just breaking news, though. It offers a wide variety of information programming, including programs on arts, sports, science and business. Listeners count on BBC to provide superior news and information programming because they know they can trust BBC World Service — the world's most respected news source. |
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Bob Edwards Weekend: Bob Edwards Weekend is a two-hour interview showcase, in which celebrated host Bob Edwards highlights the life and work of interesting people, from newsmakers, historians, and authors to artists, actors, and regular folks too. Each program features an artful mix of natural sound, music, readings, film clips and more. Typically, Edwards speaks with 3–5 guests for 15 to 20 minutes each. Occasionally, a guest's interview will comprise 30:00 to an entire hour. And Edwards regularly goes outside the studio — to Eastern Kentucky to gather tape for an hour long documentary about Mountain Top Removal coal mining; to Santa Fe to talk to Stewart Udall, the Interior secretary during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations; and to the Birchmere Music Hall in Virginia to chat backstage with Australian band The Waifs before their concert. |
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Car Talk: Car Talk is a hilarious, fast-paced call-in program in which hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi take the fear out of car repair and find the fun in engine failure. Every week, these uninhibited Boston brothers dispense automotive first aid and roadside philosophy to more than 4.1 million listeners on 588 public radio stations—and the audience is still growing! Winner of the Peabody, broadcasting's most prestigious award, Car Talk has been lauded by the media since its national premiere in 1987. Segments about Car Talk have appeared on 60 Minutes, 20/20, The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The Today Show, and Martha Stewart Living, along with print features in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Smithsonian, USA Today, People, and Rolling Stone. Tom and Ray's most recent books are In Our Humble Opinion and A Haircut in Horsetown and Other Great Car Talk Puzzlers, both published by Penguin Putnam. Their most recent audio collections are “Born Not to Run: More Disrespectful Car Songs,” “The Hatchback of Notre Dame: More Car Talk Classics,” and “Car Talk Car Tunes: The Car Talk Compendium of Disrespectful Car Songs, Volume 1. ” |
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Fresh Air: One of NPR’s most popular programs, Fresh Air with Terry Gross is categorized as a talk show but hardly fits the mold. “I try to show the connections between the person’s work and their life that led to that work,” Gross says of her interviews. As a host, she takes time to get to know her guest from every angle, and her meticulous preparation shows. Gross links ideas and experiences in ways that help even the most quiet and reserved guests open up; at the same time she anticipates exactly what her listeners want to know next. Nearly four million people a week turn on Fresh Air to hear fascinating stories and ideas from people who shape, record, and deconstruct the here and now. Guests are authors, artists, TV writers, historians, musicians, scientists, filmmakers, politicians, actors, and other influential people of today. Fresh Air complements these one-on-one interviews with commentary and criticism from a roster of nationally recognized experts. |
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Hearing Voices: Hearing Voices is a weekly one-hour program of contemporary and classic storytelling by established and emerging public radio producers crafted together under a thematic umbrella. The Hearing Voices producers pick from broadcasts and podcasts, dig though audio archives, and scour the web. Each hour is a collection of "driveway moments" built around a theme (one hour is on Rock Fans, another about Retirement Homes; one week we tell Dog Tales, another Desert Stories) and features a different guest host. The series is based on the Hearing Voices Peabody Award-winning specials. The Hearing Voices production staff includes veteran producers Barrett Golding, Ann Hepperman Scott Carrier, Kara Oehler, and Larry Massett. |
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Living On Earth: Hosted by Steve Curwood, the award-winning environmental news program "Living on Earth" delves into the leading issues affecting the world we inhabit. As the population continues to rise and the management of the earth's resources becomes even more critical, "Living on Earth" examines the issues facing our increasingly interdependent world. "Living on Earth" presents riveting features and commentary on everything from culture, economics and technology to health, law, food and transportation. It covers topics from the small challenges of everyday life to the future state of the environment and the health and well-being of the world's inhabitants. Curwood and company draw from an impressive array of experts, commentators and journalists, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of New York's Hayden Planetarium; Mark Hertsgaard, author of "Earth Odyssey"; Janet Raloff of "Science News"; author Sy Montgomery; and award-winning producer Terry Fitzpatrick. |
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Marketplace: Marketplace is the fresh sound of business and economic news. Voted "Best of the Best" in 2003 by Media Life magazine, Marketplace has the largest audience for any business program in the United States on radio, cable or network television. This smart, hip and literate program is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world—and what it all means to us. The only national daily business news program originating from the West Coast, Marketplace has four domestic bureaus—in New York, Miami, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, plus international bureaus in London and Beijing. Marketplace also maintains editorial relationships with The Economist magazine and Reuters news service, further expanding the program's resources and reach. The world-class reporting staff at Marketplace has won every major award in radio broadcasting since the show's inception in 1989, including the Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting and Cable and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Journalism Silver Baton. The program benefits from the creativity, experience and international perspectives of Executive Producer J.J. Yore, Senior Producer Celeste Wesson and Host Kai Ryssdal. |
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Morning Edition: Waking up is hard to do, but it’s easier with NPR’s Morning Edition. Hosts Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep bring the day’s stories and news to radio listeners on the go. Morning Edition provides news in context, airs thoughtful ideas and commentary, and reviews important new music, books, and events in the arts. All with voices and sounds that invite listeners to experience the stories.The range of coverage includes reports on the Supreme Court from Nina Totenberg; education from Claudio Sanchez; health coverage from Joanne Silberner; and the latest on national security from Tom Gjelten. Steve and Renee interview newsmakers: from politicians, to academics, to filmmakers. In-depth stories explore topics like “digital generations” about the effect of technology on the way we live; special series delve into the intersection of science and art, and find untold stories of the country’s Hidden Kitchens. |
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On Point: On Point unites distinct and provocative voices with passionate discussion as it confronts the stories that are at the center of what is important in the world today. Leaving no perspective unchallenged, On Point digs past the surface and into the core of a subject, exposing each of its real world implications. Each hour of the broadcast opens with a news brief analyzing the day's biggest stories, followed by an in-depth conversation decoding a single topic with newsmakers, thinkers, and callers, and closes with compelling personal reactions to news and important issues, including radio diaries, excerpts from speeches, or special series segments. Host Tom Ashbrook combines his journalistic instincts with a listener's openness and curiosity -- focusing on the relevant topics and deconstructing issues along with the audience. News analyst Jack Beatty, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly, also guides the program by providing his own unique perspective to the conversation. |
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Selected Shorts: Hosted by Isaiah Sheffer, "Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story" presents some of the finest artists in American theater and screen reading short fiction by classic, contemporary and bold new writers. Each program is recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in Manhattan. The programs have featured works by master writers, from Chekhov to Wharton and Hemingway; stories by contemporary greats from John Updike to Alice Walker; and the fresh works of new literary talents, from Pulitzer Prize-winning Jhumpa Lahiri to promising newcomers like Rattawut Lapchararoensap and Etgar Keret. |
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Speaking Of Faith: Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett is public radio's conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas. Each week, Tippett probes the myriad ways in which religious impulses inform every aspect of life and culture, nationally and globally. Speaking of Faith fills an important and neglected need in American media by addressing the intellectual and spiritual content of religion head-on, illuminating the ideas and practices that form the headlines from the inside. Now in its fourth year as a weekly program, Speaking of Faith has brought an unprecedented range of religious perspectives, voices, and topics to listeners on-air and online. The Columbia Journalism Review says of Tippett: "To listen to her show is to hear how intelligent and thoughtful religious people can be when they are allowed to be subjective and not merely regurgitate dogma." |
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Tell Me More: Bold, honest, engaging, Tell Me More is a new interview show from NPR News. Host Michel Martin welcomes guests to a safe place for difficult conversations and invites us to listen in. From international newsmakers to everyday people, from spiritual leaders to foreign correspondents, Tell Me More strives to reveal whole stories from many, different perspectives. "Tell Me More is a gathering place for dialogue about the important issues facing the country," says Martin. "But we also talk about the challenges and opportunities we all face living in a fast-paced, complex society." When a story emerges in the news, Tell Me More asks "Are we getting the truth? Is that real?" The show digs in to pursue stories and ideas that uncover, explain, and portray experiences and people that are rarely given voice yet speak to how we live. "Tell Me More lets me bring together two longtime passions," says Martin, "the intimacy and warmth you experience with powerful radio, and the lively, sharp debate about things going on in the world that I enjoy having with friends of diverse backgrounds." |
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The Splendid Table: Each week, The Splendid Table tours new culinary territory, from the vineyards of Provence to the city-street diners of Philadelphia. While doing so, host Lynne uncovers hidden delights like dandelion petal sorbet, and offers her modern take on getting food to the "splendid table" with cooking tips, recipes and her own personal advice. Lynne's guests share a diversity of insight and remembrances. Legendary filmmaker Ismail Merchant (Room With a View) shared his passion for curry while cooking for his cast and crew members. Polar explorer Ann Bancroft revealed the vital role food plays in Artic survival. A coffee buyer explained the issues behind free trade coffee. |
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The Tavis Smiley Show: The Tavis Smiley Show is a high-energy exchange of views, information, and insight hosted by Tavis Smiley. The two-hour weekly show offers a unique blend of news and newsmakers in expanded conversations, along with feature reports and regular commentators Cornel West, Connie Rice, J.C. Watts, Omar Wasow, Dr. Ian Smith, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, Michael Eric Dyson, Antonio Gonzalez and George Johnson. Each week, Smiley engages commentators and guests in substantive and provocative discussions on a wide range of topics including: politics, health, finance, sports, technology and pop culture. An insightful exploration of the issues that matter from fresh, diverse points of view is the show's hallmark. |
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To The Best Of Our Knowledge: To the Best of Our Knowledge is an audio magazine of ideas — two hours of smart, entertaining radio for people with curious minds. It's sort of journalistic, but it's never about the president's speech to the U.N., weapons inspections in Iraq, or yesterday's stock market disaster. It's the kind of show that would spend an hour on advertising or on the roots of hip- hop. It might also spend an hour on hair. Or salt. Or pirates, road trips, house cleaning, animal intelligence, high energy physics, the afterlife, or how to say you're sorry .... |
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Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!: NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! takes a fast-paced, irreverent look at the news of the world—and the weird. Now in its sixth year, the show offers a modern and sometimes raucous twist on the old-time radio quiz show, mining NPR news stories for quiz questions. The host is Peter Sagal, who is an award-winning playwright and father of three in his spare time. America’s favorite newscaster, NPR’s Carl Kasell, is the show’s official judge and scorekeeper. Each week, Sagal quizzes the panelists and listeners to determine just how closely they paid attention to the week's news. He serves up questions in all forms: lightning rounds, tape from NPR news shows, multiple choice, identify the “fake” story and fill-in-the-blank limericks. Listeners call 888-WAIT-WAIT for a chance to win the most coveted prize in all of public radio: a custom-recorded greeting by Carl Kasell for their home’s answering machine or voice mail. One of the most popular segments is “Who's Carl This Time?” in which Mr. Kasell recites quotes from the week’s newsmakers as contestants guess whom he is impersonating. “This is the only show where you'll get to hear NPR's most senior newscaster impersonate Britney Spears,” the Wait Wait producers say. Another signature Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! game, “Not My Job,” invites well-known local and national personalities to answer questions that are out—way out—of their area of expertise. A rotating trio of witty panelists completes the Wait Wait team. They include author and humorist Roy Blount Jr., Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce, Washington Post columnist Roxanne Roberts, writer/performer Adam Felber, BBC contributor Sue Ellicott, author P.J. O’Rourke, comedian Paula Poundstone and humorist/pundit Mo Rocca. |
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Weekend Edition: Whether revealing events in small-town America or overseas, or profiling notable personalities, Weekend Edition from NPR News appreciates the extraordinary details that make up every story. This two-hour morning newsmagazine covers hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor, courtesy of hosts Scott Simon and Liane Hansen.On Saturdays, Simon’s award-winning commentaries sum up an idea or event related to the week’s news. Clever, information-packed exchanges with NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr, sports columnist Ron Rapoport, gardening guru Ketzel Levine, entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell, and other commentators contribute to the unique feel and personality of the show. On Sundays, Weekend Edition combines the news with colorful arts and human-interest features, appealing to the curious and eclectic. With a nod to traditional Sunday habits, the program offers a fix for diehard crossword addicts—word games and brainteasers with The Puzzlemaster, a.k.a. Will Shortz, puzzle editor of The New York Times. With Hansen on the sidelines, a caller plays the latest word game on the air while listeners compete silently at home. The NPR mailbag is proof that the competition to go head-to-head with Shortz is rather…vigorous. |
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Whad'ya Know? Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? is a two-hour comedy/quiz/interview show distributed by PRI, Public Radio International. Regular elements of every program include a "Whad'Ya Know?" Quiz in each hour, Feldman's foray into the live studio audience to chat with fans, jazz with John Thulin and the "Whad'Ya Know?" Band, and banter with sidekick Jim Packard. During the hourly Quiz, host and quiz-master Michael Feldman invites callers and audience members to test their knowledge from five categories drawn from Feldman's seemingly limitless store of insignificant (but also somehow, important) information. |
