National Public Radio

:NPR redirects here. For other meanings of NPR, see NPR (disambiguation).

Programming

Programs produced by NPR

News and public affairs programs

NPR produces a morning and an afternoon news program, both of which also have weekend editions with different hosts. It also produces hourly news briefs around the clock. NPR formerly distributed the World Radio Network, a daily compilation of news reports from international radio news, but no longer does so.

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• All Things Considered, hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block
• Weekend All Things Considered, hosted by Deborah Elliott
• Day to Day, a collaboration with Slate magazine; hosted by Alex Chadwick
• Morning Edition, hosted by Steve Inskeep and Renée Montagne
• Weekend Edition Saturday, hosted by Scott Simon
• Weekend Edition Sunday, hosted by Liane Hansen
• Radio Expeditions (with the National Geographic Society)
• The Motley Fool Radio Show: investment call-in (hosts David and Tom Gardner)
• Talk of the Nation: public affairs call-in (host Neal Conan)
• Talk of the Nation - Science Friday science issues call-in (host Ira Flatow)
• News & Notes with Ed Gordon: black/race/diversity issues

Cultural programming

• In 2000, NPR co-produced and distributed 2000X, a Hollywood Theater of the Ear production of science fiction radio plays, presented as part of NPR Playhouse
• At the Opera: half-hour pre-opera show (host Lou Santacroce)
• Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center (NPR Jazz, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts)
• Earplay: innovative radio drama anthology (1971–1981)
• Jazz Profiles (host Nancy Wilson, NPR Jazz)
• NPR Playhouse: radio plays (1981–2002)
• NPR World of Opera: (host Steve Curwood)
• Performance Today: classical music (weekday host Fred Child, weekend host Korva Coleman)
• SymphonyCast: international orchestral performances (host Korva Coleman)
• The Thistle & Shamrock: Celtic music (host Fiona Ritchie)
• Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: the NPR News quiz (with Chicago Public Radio)

Programs distributed by NPR

Popular shows distributed by NPR include Terry Gross's interview show Fresh Air and WBUR's Car Talk, starring Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers (a.k.a. Tom and Ray Magliozzi).

Related Topics:
Terry Gross - WBUR - Car Talk

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• Car Talk: humorous car advice (WBUR)
• On Point: public affairs call-in (host Tom Ashbrook, (WBUR)
• The Diane Rehm Show: public affairs call-in (host Diane Rehm, WAMU)
• Fresh Air: interviews (host Terry Gross, WHYY-FM) in Philadelphia, PA, the show is known for captivating interviews with guests from literature, science, music, film, and more.
• JazzSet (host Dee Dee Bridgewater, (WBGO)
• Justice Talking: legal issues (host Margot Adler, University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center)
• Latino USA: Latino issues (host Maria Hinojosa, KUT Radio)
• Living on Earth: environmental issues (host Steve Curwood)
• Only A Game: sports issues (host Bill Littlefield, WBUR)
• On the Media: media issues (hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield, WNYC)
• Piano Jazz (host Marian McPartland, South Carolina Educational Radio)
• Says You!: word game show (WGBH)
• Selected Shorts: dramatic readings (host Isaiah Sheffer, Symphony Space, WNYC)
• Sunday Baroque: Baroque music (host Suzanne Bona (WSHU)

Public radio programs not affiliated with NPR

Individual NPR stations can broadcast programming from sources that have no formal affiliation with NPR.

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• The Sound of Young America: Interviews and comedy, host Jesse Thorn, Santa Cruz, CA.
• Music from the Hearts Of Space: New Age (host Stephen Hill), Sausalito, CA.
• Here and Now: news, current affairs and culture (host Robin Young, WBUR)
• Jazz from Lincoln Center (Wynton Marsalis, host Ed Bradley, Marray Street Productions)
• The Merrow Report: education issues (host John Merrow, Learning Matters Inc.)
• Forum: Call-in panel discussion show, wide-ranging national and local topics (host Michael Krasny), KQED.
• Planetary Radio: space exploration radio show (host Mat Kaplan, The Planetary Society, Pasadena, CA), KUCI, WMUH, WSDL, KAWC.

Many shows produced or distributed by Public Radio International, such as This American Life and Whad'Ya Know?, are broadcast by NPR member stations, although the shows are not affiliated with NPR. Other popular shows, like A Prairie Home Companion and Marketplace, are produced by American Public Media, long known as Minnesota Public Radio.

Related Topics:
Public Radio International - This American Life - Whad'Ya Know? - A Prairie Home Companion - Marketplace - American Public Media

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