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Complete NCPR Program Schedule

News and Talk Programs

News & Events

All Before Five
4:45 pm weekdays. Regional news and features, community voices, Heard Up North.
All Before Five podcast feed
BBC World Update, Weekdays, 5 am
A roundup of all the day's news from the BBC World Service.

Community Calendar
Weekdays 8:55 am & 4:30 pm,
Sundays at 8:30 am
What's happening throughout the North Country.
Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Saturday, 11 am
NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Test your knowledge while figuring out what's real news and what's made up. Latest rundown

June 17, 2009 : Today on The World: Afghan authorities engage in secret talks with members of the Taliban; Plus -- more protests in Tehran - we'll have the latest news and we'll gauge the power of text messages, posts and tweets to inspire dissent in Iran.
The World

Mon-Thu, 7 pm
Latest rundown
Podcasts from The World
 

News & Topical Talk

Car Talk
Saturday, 10 am
All things automotive with Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Call of the Week podcast
Car Talk Puzzler
A Loud Bang and a Breakdown

Fresh Air
Weekdays, noon
Latest rundown

Natural Selections
Thursdays, 8:35 am, Sundays, 8:55 am Conversations about the natural world with Martha Foley & Dr. Curt Stager.
Natural Selections podcast feed
Only A Game
Saturday, noon
Weekly sports magazine hosted by veteran NPR commentator Bill Littlefield.

On Point
Weekdays, 10 am- noon

Radiolab
Friday, 1 pm
Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience. From WNYC.
Thursday, 1 pm

Sunday, 2 pm
The Story
Weekdays, 2 pm
Looking at the world through the stories of ordinary people with host Dick Gordon.
This American Life
Sunday, noon

Ira appears onstage in Chicago at the MCA Saturday night, March 6, with radio producers Joe Richman and the Kitchen Sisters, for the Third Coast Filmless Festival.  It's partly a talk, partly a discussion, partly a book launch for Reality Radio, a new book of essays about making great radio stories.  Tickets are $12 and $15, but it's a small venue so act fast.


To the Best of Our Knowledge
Tuesday, 1 pm
An audio magazine of ideas - smart, entertaining radio for people with curious minds. Host Jim Fleming.
A Way with Words
Monday, 1 pm
Co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett take calls from listeners about linguistic disputes, grammatical pet peeves, the origins of words and phrases, and curious regional expressions.