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12:00 am – 5:00 am
BBC World Service
A one-hour radio program that provides international news, analysis and information in English and 42 other languages. Their global network of correspondents provide impartial news and reports on location.
5:00 am – 10:00 am
Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein. Every week listeners tune in to hear a unique blend of news and features with host Ayesha Rascoe, and the regularly scheduled puzzle segment with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times.
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's 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. On the Web, you can play along too.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Moth Radio Hour
Taking RisksIn this hour, stories of diving in head first and putting it all on the line. Unconventional gifts, apex predators, and stock car racing. This episode is hosted by Moth producer and director Jodi Powell.
Storytellers: Andrew McGill learns more about his father than he bargained for. Aspiring primate veterinarian Estella Z Jones has a shift in perspective about her own life after seeing animals in the wild. Ashamed of not knowing how to ride a bike, Francesca Hays attempts to learn in secret. Michael Corso enters a stock car race for blind drivers.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Alicia Keys’ New York Musical Goes on National TourPop superstar Alicia Keys talks with David Remnick about her musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” which just began a national tour. And the comedian Fred Armisen talks about the sounds that inspire him.
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
City Arts & Lectures
Elizabeth Stordeur PryorProfessor Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has studied, taught, and felt the complex power of perhaps one of the most controversial words in the American lexicon: the N-word. She also confronted this word through a complicated relationship with her father, the iconic comedian Richard Pryor, who helped popularize this word. Professor Pryor’s relationship to the N-word was forced to the front of her mind when one of her white students quoted Pryor’s father and blurted out the N-word in the middle of class. This moment led to her new book “Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me.” The book unpacks Professor Pryor’s journey to becoming a leading scholar and teacher of the very word her father put on the pop culture map, and in the process creates an inventive look at race and language in America.
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
On the Media
Illegal Raid of Kansas Newspaper OfficeIn August of 2023, police raided a small local newspaper in rural Kansas, seizing computers and cellphones. Later, the paper’s publisher would discover there was no legal basis for the search. On this week’s On the Media, find out who was behind the raid, and what the saga reveals about the plight of local journalism today.
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
It's Been a Minute/Wild Card
Preparations for Summer Fun/John CenaDo you have the tools to create a truly fantastic summer? This week on It’s Been a Minute - what you need in your summer toolbox to be ready for a good time. And on Wild Card, actor John Cena on how he's reckoned with mortality.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
TED Radio Hour
The State of FashionWhether you love or hate fashion, we all have to get dressed in the morning. And the industry affects us in complex ways. This hour, the outrageous, environmental and seedy sides of fashion.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
All Things Considered
Since its debut in 1971, this afternoon radio newsmagazine has delivered in-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. All Things Considered is one of the most popular programs in America. Every weekday, the program presents two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features. A one-hour edition of the program is produced on the weekend.
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Radio Specials
SF State Students on ‘Future of the Bay’ Want to hear what the next generation thinks about the future of our region? Every year, students from San Francisco State University pick up audio recording kits in search of stories that not only matter to the Bay Area but matter to them. They immerse themselves in communities across the area, capturing stories that reflect the people, challenges and ideas shaping our region. From women-focused gyms to alternative therapies to prediction markets to nightlife, students uncover stories that might otherwise go unheard in this special report, “The Future of the Bay.” The collaboration between KQED and SF State, now in its fifth episode, shares stories produced in Associate Professor Josh Davis’ audio journalism class, which is offered to Journalism and Broadcast students at SF State. Students in the class produced every second of the project.
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Hidden Brain
Waking up Your Spiritual Brain: Part 1There are certain aspects of life we all need: food, safety, strong relationships. What if the human brain is built not only for survival, but also for transcendence? Psychologist Lisa Miller suggests that spirituality is a universal human capacity, and that feeling connected to something larger than ourselves may be essential to a fulfilling life.
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tiny Desk Radio
Sierra Ferrell; Wyatt Flores; MJ LendermanOn this ENCORE episode, Tiny Desk Radio Hosts Anamaria Sayre and Bobby Carter listen to the sound of the Next Generation of Americana artists at the Tiny Desk. Singer, songwriter, fiddler Sierra Ferrell is a recent four-time Grammy winner in the Americana category. Wyatt Flores is a youthful country artist from Oklahoma. MJ Lenderman's surreal lyrics that catch listeners off-guard the first time.
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Planet Money/How I Built This
What's in Our FoodNearly all the chemicals in our food were added without F-D-A review … all thanks to a loophole in federal law. PLANET MONEY explains the sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food. And on How I Built This: Guy Raz and the founder of E-O Products Susan Griffin-Black team up to give business advice to two early stage founders.
10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Splendid Table
Hot Dogs and Vietnamese GrillingWe're taking on hot dogs and Vietnamese grilling in time for your 4th of July! Our friend Andrea Nguyen, award-winning Vietnamese food scholar, schools us on the delicious art of Vietnamese grilling. She is the author of many books, including her latest Ever-Green Vietnamese. Then, we get all political and talk hotdogs with Farideh Sadeghin author of The Hot Dog Cookbook.
11:00 pm – 12:00 am
BBC World Service
A one-hour radio program that provides international news, analysis and information in English and 42 other languages. Their global network of correspondents provide impartial news and reports on location.