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 10:00 am | A Prairie Home Companion |
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Hosted By: Garrison Keillor
A Prairie Home Companion is a two-hour weekly variety show broadcast live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota and other locations in the U.S. and around the world.
The show offers a quirky blend of comedy sketches, topical subjects and music. Musical guests range from legends like Emmylou Harris and Taj Mahal to church choirs, rockabilly bands, and accordionists. Special theme shows include the popular "Joke Show" and the "Talent from Towns Under 2,000" show. The show has also welcomed artists including Poet Laureate Billy Collins and humorists Roy Blount, Jr. and Al Franken, as well as legendary raconteur Studs Terkel.
At the heart of the show is host Garrison Keillor's humor-writing talent and unrivaled ear for great radio. He's the creator of hilarious skits like the weekly adventures of "Guy Noir, Radio Private Eye" and "The Catchup Advisory Board," and of course the stories from "the town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve" in Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon." Regular performers include the radio acting company of Tim Russell, and Sue Scott, with Tom Keith, and Fred Newman on Sound Effects. The Guys' All Star Shoe Band is A Prairie Home Companion's house band, and is led by pianist Rich Dworsky.
For Listener Inquiries: phc@mpr.org or 800-228-7123
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| 12:00 pm | The Splendid Table |
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Lynne Rossetto Kasper
The Splendid Table gives public radio listeners a fresh take on their love of food, so it's only natural that its new book follows suit – How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show. As they do on their weekly show, host Lynne Rossetto Kasper and producer Sally Swift approach food with attitude and originality, making How to Eat Supper a kitchen companion unlike any other. The cookbook not only contains delicious recipes, valuable tips and everyday culinary know-how, it introduces the people and stories that are shaping America's sense of food.
800-537-5252
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| 1:00 pm | Car Talk |
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Hosted By: Tom & Ray Magliozzi
Imagine the Marx Brothers answering questions about automobiles. Picture Monty Python trying to imitate car noises. Think of A.J. Foyt telling someone how to open the car hood. Mix it all up, throw in a little Dr. Ruth and a little Smothers Brothers, and you've got Car Talk, NPR's Peabody Award-winning radio program heard by more than 3 million listeners each week.
To be on the program, call (888) CAR-TALK. Listeners may E-mail car puzzlers through www.cartalk.com
For Listener Inquiries: call NPR Services, 202- 513-3232, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ET Monday - Friday
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| 2:00 pm | On The Media |
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Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield
On the Media explores how the media "sausage" is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of "making media," especially news media, because it's through that lens that we literally see the world and the world sees us.
While maintaining the civility and fairness that are the hallmarks of public radio, OTM tackles sticky issues with a frankness and transparency that has built trust with listeners and led to more than a tripling of its audience in five years.
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| 3:00 pm | Marketplace Money |
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Hoted By: Kai Ryssdal
Beginning July 1, Sound Money is changing to Marketplace Money. The result? A personal finance program that is intelligent and entertaining, but also helps you take control of your financial life. Our hosts won't nag or make you feel guilty. We will offer essential, current, and credible information in a way that's fun and accessible. Join us!
Each week on Marketplace Money, host Kai Ryssdal looks at the week's major national and international stories that will impact the average listener's wallet. During the hour-long program, Ryssdal and economic editor Chris Farrell help listeners map out the course to financial well-being, offering advice on topics like how to pay for college and whether to buy or lease a car. It's "the money show for the rest of us."
Listener Live Call in Line: 1-800-537-5252
For Listener Inquiries: money@marketplace.org or 800-228-7123
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| 4:00 pm | This American Life |
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Hosted By: Ira Glass
This American Life documents and describes contemporary America, but it is, quite literally, a new kind of radio storytelling. Built around the innovative personal vision of host Ira Glass, the program explores a weekly theme ¿ fiascos, conventions, the job that takes over your life ¿ through a playful mix of radio monologues, mini-documentaries, "found tape," short fiction, and unusual music.
The stories presented are engaging, intimate, surprising, funny, disturbing, bittersweet. Glass and his staff have an unusual knack for finding writers and performers whose work hasn't been heard on radio, and producing their stories alongside his own disarming commentary in a way that listeners praise as "riveting," "mesmerizing." Breakout stars from the show include David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell.
For Listener Inquiries: web@thislife.org. Tapes: Available through WBEZ at 312.832.3380
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| 5:00 pm | All Things Considered |
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Hosted By: Jennifer Ludden
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 11 million* people on over 600 radio stations each week, All Things Considered is one of the most popular programs in America. Every day, hosts Melissa Block, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel (Jennifer Ludden on weekends) 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.
* According to Fall 2003 Arbitron Nationwide/ACT 1 estimates
For Listener Inquiries, please visit: www.npr.org/contact.
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| 6:00 pm | The Tavis Smiley Show |
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Tavis Smiley
Prepare to be enthralled. Each week, the incomparable Tavis Smiley welcomes a variety of guests to be part of a high-energy exchange of views, information, and insights. The Tavis Smiley Show offers a unique blend of news and newsmakers in expanded conversations on topics ranging from presidential power to reparations for slavery, from campaign finance reform to misogyny in music videos ¿ all with a special focus on black America. Smiley's guest roster has featured Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former President Bill Clinton, poet and author Maya Angelou, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). He also shares the mic with regular guest commentators:
Cornel West ¿ professor of Religion at Princeton University and one of the nation's most provocative public intellectuals.
Connie Rice ¿ civil rights attorney, co-director of the Los Angeles-based Advancement Project who is celebrated for her success in tackling problems of inequity and exclusion.
J.C. Watts ¿ staunch Republican and former congressman from Oklahoma who continues to wield strong influence in national Republican politics.
Michael Eric Dyson ¿ professor of African American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, author, lecturer, community activist.
The Tavis Smiley Show ¿ provocative, thoughtful, and thoroughly engaging.
For Listener Inquiries: ts-info@tavistalks.com or write The Tavis Smiley Show, 4434 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90043
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| 8:00 pm | Hearts of Space |
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Hosted By: Stephen Hill
Hearts of Space grew out of producer Stephen Hill's fascination with space-creating, contemplative music. Beginning in the early 1970s, Hill hosted a weekly late-night radio program in the San Francisco Bay area. What began purely as a labor of love eventually became the most popular contemporary music program on public radio in America. Over the intervening quarter century, Hearts of Space has evolved into a multifaceted production and marketing organization encompassing radio, records, CD mastering, and now, internet streaming.
For Listener Inquiries: love@hos.com
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| 9:00 pm | Echoes |
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Hosted By: John Diliberto
Echoes creates a modern soundscape of music that draws from a multitude of cultures, traditions, and genres. Hosted by music journalist John Diliberto, this daily two-hour series of evocative, ground-breaking music seamlessly bridges new instrumental, world fusion, new acoustic, impressionistic jazz, and inventive vocal styles.
Special program segments include produced features that showcase an artist, cover new developments or events in contemporary music, and present Living Room Concerts, intimate performances in artists' homes. The daily features, which focus on specific artists, trends, and themes in contemporary music, are similar in format to arts features heard on established news shows.
For Listener Inquiries: echoes@echoes.org or 610-827-9600
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| 12:00 am | Jazz After Hours |
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Hosted By: Jim Wilke
Like the last set at a jazz club, the mood of Jazz After Hours is mellow but not without surprises. New and well-established jazz artists regularly drop in for a chat, and the music ranges from latest releases to jazz classics. There's also news of tours, festivals and clubs, and the best places to hear live jazz.
Jim Wilke's easy-going presentation has won the praise of jazz stars Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Max Roach, Joe Henderson, Milt Jackson, Joshua Redman, Billy Taylor, and many others who have been guests on Jazz After Hours.
The program was named one of the top syndicated jazz programs by the JazzTimes Readers Poll in 2002, and has been nominated twice for the Willis Conover Award.
For Listener Inquiries: jim@jazzafterhours.org
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| 6:00 am | Living On Earth |
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Hosted By: Steve Curwood
Sound journalism for a Finite Planet. Steve Curwood hosts this award-winning program that delves into the leading issues affecting the world we inhabit. As the population continues to rise, the management of resources becomes even more critical. Living on Earth examines the issues of an increasingly interdependent world by presenting multifaceted features and commentary on culture, economics, fashion, health, law, medicine, environment, politics, society, technology, transportation, recreation and food. This dynamic program covers topics from the small challenges of everyday life to the future state of our environment, our health and our well-being.
For Listener Inquiries: comments@loe.org
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| 7:00 am | Speaking of Faith |
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Hosted By: Krista Tippett
Speaking of Faith is an hour-long program that explores topics and perspectives of faith through intelligent conversation and evocative sound and music. It reaches beyond the basic tenets of religions to reveal how perspectives of faith can illuminate the important issues we face¿from how we raise our children to how we wage war.
Each week, Speaking of Faith focuses on a different theme, asking writers, thinkers and theologians to discuss how religion shapes everyday life. It offers intelligent, nuanced reflection on the many facets of faith, using a thoughtful and inclusive approach. The program fosters informed religious tolerance by creating a new forum for understanding people of a variety of faiths, appreciating and developing compassion for what motivates them.
For Listener Inquiries: mail@speakingoffaith.org or (800) 228-7123
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| 8:00 am | Weekend Edition - Sunday |
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Hosted By: Liane Hansen
Whether revealing events in small-town America or overseas, or profiling notable personalities, Weekend Edition from NPR NewsSM 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 host Liane Hansen.
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.
Another trademark of Sunday's program is "Voices in the News," a montage of sound bites from the past week, poignant in its simplicity. Hansen also engages listeners in her discussions with regular contributors, including Daniel Schorr and special correspondent Juan Williams, who cover a wide range of national and international issues.
For Listener Inquiries, please visit: www.npr.org/contact
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