Alphabetical Program List
One of public radio’s most celebrated variety programs with music, sketches, monologues, the latest News from Lake Wobegon and more. Hosted by Garrison Keillor.
Host Terry O'Reilly presents the CBC distributed half-hour on advertising, marketing and why we buy what we buy.
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An afternoon newsmagazine featuring a mix of interviews, commentaries, reviews and offbeat features–from around the world, and in and around Chicago. With NPR hosts and WBEZ's Melba Lara.
America Abroad’s monthly radio programs are your source for depth, context, and analysis on the critical foreign policy and international affairs issues of the day.
The one-hour BBC flagship program that provides the latest news and interviews with newsmakers, eyewitnesses, correspondents, and analysts. Offering the best BBC reportage and features, debate and discussion, it's global in reach, authoritative in style.
The BBC World Service's weekly look at new developments in science from around the world.
BBC World Service is the leading international broadcaster, and includes a network of correspondents providing impartial news, reports and analysis in 33 languages from locations around the world. BBC is far more than just breaking news, though. It offers a wide variety of information programming, including programs on arts, sports, science and business.
Bob Edwards hosts two hours of in-depth interviews with newsmakers, journalists, entertainers and other compelling figures.
Intelligent car advice mixed with hilarious stories of automobile mayhem. Hosted by "Click and Clack": Tom and Ray Magliozzi.
Chicago Amplified was created in 2006 to bring wider distribution to some of the most exciting and informative public programming happening throughout the Chicago region. These events serve the purpose of inspiring public discourse about a vast array of topics, from recent scientific discoveries and important issues of the day to cultural connections and the importance of shared experience in both our personal and collective history. Now distributing over 2,000 public events, Chicago Amplified brings these events together to both increase access to this ongoing public discourse and encourage us all to join it. Click here for more information...
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NEW: Launched in Fall 2010, WBEZ now features an excerpt from the Chicago Amplified archive each week - a single story or revelation you just have to hear! Click here to check out Dynamic Range...
The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, offering over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
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Enjoy engaging discussions with some of today's most important artists, hosted by David Dye of the World Cafe.
Day 6 is a news magazine show that serves up a surprising take on the week. On Day 6 you'll get a different perspective on the biggest stories going. You'll find out about some of the stories you might have missed: on news, tech, politics, arts and pop culture.
Day 6 also features a regular cast of contributors who deliver unexpected and funny views on current events. Day 6 will give you something to think about, talk about and maybe even to laugh about.
Day 6 is your news cocktail with a twist.
Eight Forty-Eight is the street address of WBEZ's studios on Navy Pier. It's also the name of our award-winning magazine, hosted by Tony Sarabia. Each day, Eight Forty-Eight serves up a diverse mix of news, views, people and culture—all with a local bent.
Movie reviews, interviews and more, hosted by popular podcasters and cinephiles Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen.
Fresh Air is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues hosted by Terry Gross.Though Fresh Air has been categorized as a "talk show," it hardly fits the mold. Its 1994 Peabody Award citation credits Fresh Air with "probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights."
A program from the CBC about contemporary thought that explores social issues, arts & culture, geopolitics, history, biography, science & technology and the humanities hosted by Paul Kennedy.
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Showcases the work of critically acclaimed broadcaster and performance artist Joe Frank—known best for his engaging, often philosophical, monologues and radio dramas.
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The Play's The Thing from L.A. Theatre Works is a live in-performance radio theatre series, in Los Angeles, featuring leading actors in state-of-the-art audio productions dedicated to making theatre widely and easily accessible to audiences nationwide. These audiences experience radio drama that is contemporary, edgy, and significant through this award-winning, critically-acclaimed radio theatre series.
Since 1993, NPR’s Latino USA has been documenting one of the most incredible transformations of American life and reality—the exploding Latino population and its integration in the a changing America. Award-winning multimedia journalist Maria Hinojosa hosts.
A weekly, hour-long romp through the worlds of media, politics, sports and show business, leavened with an eclectic mix of mysterious music, hosted by Harry Shearer.
True stories of recovery from alcohol and drug dependency hosted by Jim Nayder.
Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, award-winning Marketplace is a daily magazine of business and economics.
Marketplace Morning Report provides a quick jump on the day's business news.
Up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, commentary and coverage of news, politics, arts, sports and more—from around the world and in and around Chicago. With NPR hosts and WBEZ's Lisa Labuz.
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 the human spirit. Formerly titled Speaking of Faith, Being is hosted by Krista Tippett.
Hosted by award-winning journalist Tom Ashbrook, On Point is broadcast daily across the country. The show’s lively conversation covers everything from breaking news to ancient poetry, and features writers, politicians, journalists, artists, scientists and ordinary citizens from around the world.
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. Hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield.
Q is an energetic daily arts, culture and entertainment magazine that takes you on a smart and surprising ride, interviewing personalities and tackling the cultural issues that matter.
Journey with our host Tony Sarabia around the world as he explores world cultures and people through music and sounds. He’ll also delve deep into Chicago’s world music scene, interviewing local artists and helping listeners understand their worldly influences.
Featuring first-person stories from around the world about how we treat each other. The State We're In is a weekly hour-long radio programme from Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
An audible curiosity shop of the world’s most interesting radio stories, essays, music, found sound, and more from the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard joins WBEZ hosts live in-studio each month for a full hour to take questions and comments from listeners about the state of education in the nation's third largest public school district.
Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide from 2-4pm Eastern time as part of NPR's 'Talk of the Nation' programming. 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 Science Friday's host, Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science - and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.
Snap Judgment tells intriguing stories about extraordinary and defining events in people’s lives. The program’s raw, intimate, and musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see a sliver of the world through another's eye.
Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington takes listeners on a narrative journey - leaping from one person's frying pan into another person's fire. Deejay-driven musical delivery, paired with lush sound design, drops listeners into the very heart of what matters. Snap Judgment's fast-paced (sometimes dark, sometimes playful) narrative highlights people from across the globe who put everything on the line.
Every week, Sound Opinions fires up smart and spirited discussions about a wide range of popular music, from indie rock to classic rock, hip hop to R&B, and every genre under the sun. Take the latest music news, personal commentary, and exclusive interviews and performances, add a huge pile of records old and new, and the result is Sound Opinions—the world's only rock and roll talk show. Hosted by Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis.
An eclectic mix of specials, including music, lectures and documentaries.
Host and producer Jim Nayder presents the most awful music ever recorded.
A high-energy exchange of views, information and insight with host Tavis Smiley.
The World is a one-hour, weekday radio news magazine offering a mix of news, features, interviews, and music from around the globe. Hosted by Lisa Mullins and Marco Werman.
Peabody and Emmy Award-winning host Ira Glass features documentaries, stories and more about everyday life. Produced by WBEZ.
Go in-depth on some of the world's most fascinating topics with Peabody Award-winning host Jim Fleming. His interviews with world-renowned guests challenge you with new thoughts and ideas.
The Vinyl Cafe is written and hosted by Stuart McLean and features stories, essays and music—both live and recorded. The Vinyl Cafe stories are about Dave, owner of the second hand record store, and his family and friends.
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is a 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 figuring out what's real news and what's made up. Hosted by Peter Sagal featuring Carl Kasell.
The news doesn't stop on the weekends, so in 1977, All Things Considered expanded to seven days a week with one-hour news magazines weekend evenings. Today All Things Considered on the weekend is hosted by Guy Raz, NPR's former bureau chief in Berlin and London.
News, analysis, essays and features for your weekend anchored on Saturdays by Scott Simon, NPR's Peabody Award-winning host and correspondent.
Sundays are anchored by Liane Hansen. When she's not in the studio interviewing movers and shakers in politics, science, business and the arts, Liane is out in the field reporting.
WireTap ushers you into the endearingly odd, funny universe of host Jonathan Goldstein’s friends and family...it’s a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there.
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Music and words collide in this fascinating audio oddity. Hosted by Ken Nordine.
Jerome McDonnell hosts WBEZ’s long-running global affairs program Worldview. From Nobel Peace Prize winners to Nicaraguan sweatshop workers, Worldview highlights a range of voices that go beyond the headlines.
The show also delves deep into the people and forces shaping Chicago’s world communities, exploring issues and events through in-depth series and public events.
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