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Our past shows:
May 13, 2012
7pm: Bill Moyers and Company: Fair Play on TV
8pm: The TED Radio Hour: Our Buggy Brain
9pm: To celebrate and entertain the Mothers and Grandmothers
10pm: Snap Judgment: Lady Luck
May 6, 2012
7pm: Bill Moyers and Company: Life at the Border
8pm: Intelligence Squared US: The internet poisons our politics
9pm: Bob Marley: Marley
10pm: Snap Judgment: Performance Anxiety
April 29, 2012
7pm: Bill Moyers and Company: The Disneyworld of Democracy
8pm: Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate
9pm: Levon Helm: an appreciation
10pm: Snap Judgment: Absolution
April 22, 2012
7pm: Bill Moyers and Company: Faith and Politics
8pm: Think like a Bee: Majora Carter -The Promised Land
9pm: The Earth Sings from Hearing Voices
10pm: Snap Judgment The Other Side
April 15 , 2012
7pm: Bill Moyers and Company: Optimism
8pm: Freakonomics!: the hidden side of things: Financial literacy
9pm: Shades of Gray: Abortion in the US
10pm: The Pearl Sessions: Janis Joplin
April 8, 2012
7pm: Bill Moyers and Company: Gambling with Your Money
8pm: Freakonomics!: the hidden side of things: Eating and Tweeting
9pm: America Abroad: Iran and The Bomb
10pm: From Sandburg to Ginsberg: Poetry from Hearing Voices
March 25, 2012
7pm: Bill Moyers and Company: Moving Beyond War
8pm: Freakonomics!: the hidden side of things:
9pm: Close to Death: stories from Hearing Voices
10pm: Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: cool stuff in arts and culture
March 18, 2012
7pm: Freakonomics!: the hidden side of things: Days of Wine and Mouses:
8pm: Intelligence Squared-Debate: Obesity is the government's business
9pm: First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald
10pm: Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: cool stuff in arts and cultureMarch 11, 2012
7pm: The Great Textbook War
8pm: The Rise of the Islamists: America Abroad
9pm: Destination Unknown: Hearing Voices
10pm: Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: cool stuff in arts and culture
March 4, 2012
7pm: Moyers & Co: issues that matter to America with Bill Moyers
8pm: Dream Jobs: technology careers outside the box
9pm: The Art of the Jazz Solo
10pm: Stories for, by and about women from Hearing Voices
February 25, 2012
7pm: Moyers & Co: issues that matter to America with Bill Moyers
8pm: Bullied: Made by teens with first-hand insight
9pm: Arlan Roth: the guitarists' guitar player on Martha's Vineyard
10pm: Stories of Transformation produced by us, from Hearing Voices
February 19, 2012
7pm: Moyers & Co: issues that matter to America with Bill Moyers
8pm: How to Observe Presidents Day, observed: John Hodgman
9pm: After Kim Jong -il: America and the two Koreas: America Abroad
10pm: Speech Melodies Hearing Voices
February 12, 2012
7pm: Moyers & Co: issues that matter to America with Bill Moyers
8pm: Hungry Valentine: The literary Julia Child
9pm: Kind of Blue: Miles Davis' impact on Jazz
10pm: Love's Labours: Intricacies of Intimacy from Hearing Voices
February 5, 2012
7pm: Moyers & Co: issues that matter to America with Bill Moyers
8pm: The Tobolowsky Files: Dangerous Animals Club
9pm: Circus Blood: Hearing Voices
10pm: The History of Jazz on the Radio: New Jazz Archive
Jan 29, 2012
7pm: Moyers & Co: issues that matter to America with Bill Moyers
8pm: The Tobolowsky Files: Ground Hog Day Memories
9pm: Voices from Tahrir: Hearing Voices
10pm: The Nina Simone Story: To Be Free
Jan 22, 2012
7pm: Moyers & Co: issues that matter to America with Bill Moyers
8pm: Debate: Palestine should be admitted to the UN as a full state
9pm: Live Wire Radio: old fashioned variety with a modern twist
10pm:Hank Williams Lost Notebook of Songs
Jan 15, 2012
7pm: America in the Middle East: Where does the Future Lie?
8pm: Shortcuts 2011: A Year in an Hour: Hearing Voices
9pm: Live Wire Radio: old fashioned variety with a modern twist
10pm: Legendary Bluesman: Buddy Guy
Jay Allison, host and executive producer.Jan 8, 2012
7pm: Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights
8pm: A Way With Words: Language Oddities
9pm: Live Wire Radio: old fashioned variety with a modern twist
10pm: Hearing Voices: Polk Street Stories
Jan 1, 2012
7pm: Christopher Lydon with Better Angels author Steven Pinker
8pm: Stories from the Campaign Trail: Hearing Voices
9pm: Live Wire Radio: old fashioned variety with a modern twist
10pm: Jazz and Spoken Word for The New Year
December 25, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 505 - produced here by us!
8pm: Hungry for the Holidays with Julia Child
9pm: Naughty and Nice: History of the Holidays
10pm: Christmas Mashup: Hearing Voices
December 18, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 504 - produced here by us!
8pm: Thoughtcast: The Impact of the Written Word
9pm: NPR Debate series IQ2: Too Many Kids Go To College
10pm: Hearing Voices: Prisoners of War
December 10, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 503 - produced here by us!
8pm: European Debt Crisis: from America Abroad
9pm: NPR Debate series IQ2: The World would be better off w/out religion
10pm: Hearing Voices: Behind the Beat: Musician's craft
December 4, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 502 - produced here by us!
8pm: NPR Debate series IQ2: Grandma's benefits imperil Junior's future
9pm: NPR Jazz Profile: Louis Armstrong - Music ambassador to the world
10pm: Hearing Voices: Portrait of a Plague
November 27, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 501 - produced here by us!
8pm: The Politics of Faith: America Abroad
9pm: Inside the Adoption Circle - produced here by us !
10pm: New Black Eagle Jazz - Newport Jazz Festival 2011
November 20, 2011
7pm: The Best of the Best: Third Coast International Audio Festival (2 hrs)
9pm: The Backstory on Evolution and Creation
10pm: God and Girls - An hour of Joe Frank from Hearing Voices
November 13, 2011
7pm: Voices of Armed Forces: Hearing Voices
8pm: Joel Salatin: Sustainable Local Food
9pm: NPR Debate series: Men are Finished
10pm: Joni Mitchell's Blue Album
November 6, 2011
7pm: A philosophy of radio: Jay Alllison
8pm: Christopher Lydon: Pakistan Aslant II
9pm: America Abroad: 2012 election: Foreign Policy?
10pm: Hearing Voices: Ode to Old L.A.
October 30, 2011
7pm: War of the Worlds: Radiolab
8pm: Christopher Lydon: Pakistan Aslant I
9pm: The Hidden World of Girls from The Kitchen Sisters Part II
10pm: Hearing Voices: Bloody Hell
October 23, 2011
7pm: Sacramento: By Force of Will - from State of the Reunion
8pm: The Hidden World of Girls from The Kitchen Sisters Part I
9pm: Walk in the Park from Hearing Voices
10pm: The Carolina Chocolate Drops live at Newport Folk Festival
October 16, 2011
7pm: Cleveland: The Way Forward from State of the Reunion
8pm: Don't Lecture Me: Reinventing college from American Radioworks
9pm: Radiolab: Sperm - why so many?
10pm: Hearing Voices: Baseball Stories
October 9, 2011
7pm: Defending the Gulf Coast - State of The Reunion
8pm: Climate Change and the Impact on Coastal Life III
9pm: Radiolab: Zoos
10pm: Hearing Voices: Lung Transplants
October 2, 2011
7pm: Wyoming - The New Old West : State of the Reunion
8pm: Sounding the Waters: Climate change and coastal living II
9pm: Radiolab: Stress
10pm: Hearing Voices: Desert Air
September 25, 2011
7pm: Still Rising from the Ashes: The Bronx: State of the Reunion
8pm: Sounding the Waters: Climate change and coastal living
9pm: Radiolab: StressSo-Called Life
10pm: Hearing Voices: Lost Critters
September 18, 2011
7pm: Squeezebox Stories
8pm: America Abroad: Chasing the Copy Cats
9pm: Radiolab: Where Am I ?
10pm: Hearing Voices: Hunting Stories
September 11, 2011
7pm: The Sonic Memorial
8pm: NPR Live Coverage: The Concert of Hope
9pm: Living Nine Eleven: Stories of how people changed
10pm: Radio Rookies: Youth stories of growing up with 9/11
September 4, 2011 make good broadcast of August 28 ( Hurricane Irene)
7pm: The Big Easy after the Storm - in New Orleans
8pm: Some College - No Degree (American Radioworks)
9pm: Ravi Coltrane Quartet at the Newport Jazz Festival '11
10pm: Ode to Internal Combustion: stories of people and oversized engines
August 28, 2011
7pm: The Big Easy after the Storm - in New Orleans
8pm: Some College - No Degree (American Radioworks)
9pm: Ravi Coltrane Quartet at the Newport Jazz Festival '11
10pm: Ode to Internal Combustion: stories of people and oversized engines
August 21, 2011
7pm: Life Stories Collection: Jobs: Women and Work
8pm: David McCullough: Americans in Paris
9pm: Mavis Staples at the Newport Folk Festival
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron with Dane Cook
August 14 2011
7pm: The Promised Land: Leading out of Destruction: Biloxi MI
8pm: Christopher Lydon in Conversation: Alan Lomax & Anthony Burgess
9pm: The Mingus Big Band at the Newport Jazz Festival
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron with Thomas Lennon, Dave Attell & Andy Richter
August 7, 2011
7pm: Our Favorite Moth Stories
8pm: Christopher Lydon in Conversation:Immigrants in American Intellect
9pm: The Promised Land: Reimagining a New Life
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron with Carlos Mencia
July 31, 2011
7pm: The Promised Land: Nat Turner - Planting Seeds for a Lifetime
8pm: Christopher Lydon in Conversation: Peter Hessler
9pm: Piece of My Heart: The Janis Joplin Story
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron with Mike DeStefano & Margaret Cho
July 24, 2011
7pm: The Promised Land: Reaching for Greatness
8pm: America Abroad: European Dis-Union
9pm: Five Farms: Farm families in the course of a year: Succession
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron with Robin Williams
July 17, 2011
7pm: The Promised Land: Yosemite
8pm: America Abroad: The Arab Spring
9pm: Five Farms: Farm families in the course of a year: Harvest
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron with Ben Stiller + Tig Notaro
July 10, 2011
7pm: The Promised Land: Winona LaDuke
8pm: Chris Lydon: Edna Obrien
9pm: Five Farms: stories of 5 farming families in a year: Stewardship
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron - Louis CK
July 3, 2011
7pm: The Promised Land: Ex-convicts grow bees in Chicago
8pm: Shortcuts to Freedom, Youth voices on Who gets to be American
9pm: Five Farms: stories of 5 farming families in a year: Nurturing
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron - guests Bob Odenkirk + Maria Bamford
June 26, 2011
7pm: The Promised Land: Chemistry of the Aftermath in Louisiana
8pm: Five Farms: stories of 5 farming families in a year: Planting
9pm: Christopher Lydon: History's tragic irony
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron - conversations with fellow comic Conan O'Brian
June 19, 2011
7pm: The Promised Land: Prisoners turn Botanists
8pm: Daddy-O: Fathers and Sons in Jazz
9pm: Christopher Lydon: Geographies of Conflict
10pm: WTF: Marc Maron - conversations with fellow comic Judd Apatow
June 12, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 405 - true stories told live (produced here by us!)
8pm: The State of Re-Union: Bridging the Divide: MIami
9pm: Christopher Lydon talks American letters with Arnold Weinstein & Jimmy Breslin
10pm: War Torn: stories from Hearing Voices
June 5, 20011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 404 - true stories told live (produced here by us!)
8pm: The State of Re-Union: Dreaming big in Oakland CA
9pm: Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan’s 70 celebrated with story and song
10pm: Living on The Streets: stories from Hearing Voices
May 29, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 404 - true stories told live (produced here by us!)
8pm: The State of Re-Union: Utica - on the Erie Canal
9pm: Margaret Atwood: debt as a central motif in human society V
10pm: War Memorial: stories from Hearing Voices
May 22, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 403 - true stories told live (produced here by us!)
8pm: The State of Re-Union: Las Vegas
9pm: Margaret Atwood: debt as a central motif in human society IV
10pm: On Horseback: equestrian tales from Hearing Voices
May 15, 2011
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 402 - true stories told live (produced here by us!)
8pm: The State of Re-Union: Birmingham Alabama
9pm: Margaret Atwood: debt as a central motif in human society III
10pm: Forced to Leave: stories of refugees from Hearing Voices
May 8, 2001
7pm: The Moth Radio Hour 401 - true stories told live (produced here by us!)
8pm: Joined by War: justice and women's rights in Afghanistan-America Abroad
9pm: Margaret Atwood: debt as a central motif in human society II
10pm: Stories about Moms, young and old from Hearing Voices
May 1, 2011
7pm: Favorite Moth Stories
8pm: Margaret Atwood: Debt: a central motif in human society
9pm: Magnificent and Otherwise: stories of obsession
10pm: Musicians' Minds and Unexpected Turns - Hearing Voices
April 24, 2011
7pm: Radiolab 905: Desperately Seeking Symmetry
8pm: In Search of America: 50 years after Steinbeck's Travels with Charley
9pm: The Water Crunch: the competition between water and energy
10pm: First person stories on mental health - from Hearing Voices
April 17, 2011
7pm: Radiolab 904: The Soul Patch: unlikely answers to seemingly unsolvable answers
8pm: Fresh Greens 2.0 Youth Voices on the Environment
9pm: NPR Debate: It's time clip America's Global Wings
10pm: Cops, Criminals and Victims: stories from Hearing Voices
April 10, 2011
7pm: Radiolab 903: Help with the forces inside us - with minds of their own
8pm: Tehran Rising: Seismic change in the Middle East ( America Abroad)
9pm: A Way with Words: old time radio comedy and other language oddities
10pm: Hitchhiking: Sport or last resort? stories from Hearing Voices
April 3, 2011
7pm: Radiolab 902: Lost and Found - how our brains and hearts help us home
8pm: Christopher Lydon talks poetry with Nicholas Baker and Franz Wright
9pm: Roseanne Cash: The List - a new perspective on milestones in music
10pm: Hippies: Looking for a Lost Generation (Hearing Voices)
March 27, 2011
7pm: Radiolab 901: The Good Show - do we really live in a dog-eat-dog world?
8pm: The Great Textbook War-a local controversy and its effect on U.S. politics
9pm: Shades of Gray: the story of abortion in America
10pm: Protest: stories, music, marches and mashups (Hearing Voices)
March 20, 2011
7pm: Snap Judgment: stories about decisions that change lives: QUEST
8pm: Christopher Lydon in conversation about Alan Lomax + Anthony Burgess
9pm: IQ squared debate: Clean Energy Can Drive U.S. Economic Recovery.
10pm: Native America: a tour of our nation's First Nations (Hearing Voices)
March 13, 2011
7pm: Snap Judgment: stories about decisions that change lives: Hungry
8pm: IQ squared debate: The two-party system is making America ungovernable
9pm: Arundhati Roy: Revolts and Rebellions (Alternative Radio)
10pm: 1000 Beautiful Watts: the first all-girl station: WHER-Memphis
March 6, 2011
7pm: Snap Judgment: stories about decisions that change lives: Stories We Tell Ourselves
8pm: Jazz Women of the 1960's - during the Civil Rights and Women's movements
9pm: Alms in the Name of Allah - America Abroad looks at Muslim aid organizations
10pm: Vietnam Vets - recordings, poetry and PTSD - stories from Hearing Voices
February 27, 2011
7pm: Christopher Lydon with Chris Hedges and Damion Searls
8pm: Snap Judgment: stories about decisions that change lives: Abduction
9pm: Power and Smoke: A Nation Built on Coal from American Radio Works
10pm: Pluckers, Pickers and Players : stories from Hearing Voices
February 20, 2011
7pm: Snap Judgment: Stories that Change Lives- Family
8pm: George Washington: Farmer, Soldier, Statesman
9pm: Say It Loud - speeches from the Civil Rights Movement from American Radioworks
10pm: Billie Holiday: NPR Jazz Profiles
February 13, 2011
7pm: Black, Gay and Quaker: the man behind Martin Luther King jr.
8pm: Hungry Valentine: Food in Fiction with Julia Child
9pm: State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement
10pm: Life, Death, Land, and Livestock: stories from Hearing Voices
February 5, 2011
7pm: Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound
8pm: The Great Migration of southern blacks in the U.S. - Christopher in conversation
9pm: The European Dis-Union : Is Integration Stalling out? (America Abroad)
10pm: Musical Memory from Hearing Voices
January 30, 2011
7pm: Africa in a Chinese Century: Chris Lydon in conversation
8pm: Struggle for Equality in Mass Transit
9pm: The Village Vanguard: the world's oldest continuously running Jazz club
10pm: Place Your Bets: gambling stories from Hearing Voices
January 24, 2011
7pm: New England Poetry Hour: Chris Lydon in conversation
8pm: Snap Judgment: Breaking into a Dream
9pm: Seeking Civil Discourse in Politics (rebroadcast)
10pm: Music for a Living from Hearing Voices
January 15, 2011
7pm: Thoreau for Young Writers: Chris Lydon in conversation
8pm: King's Last March - Martin Luther King Jr's final year
9pm: Seeking Civil Discourse in Politics
10pm: Sacred Places: stories from Hearing Voices
January 9, 2011
7pm: The New India: Chris Lydon talks literature and psychology
8pm: Aids & the Politics of Prevention (America Abroad)
9pm: Life on Ice: the inhabitants and science in Antarctica
10pm:Everything Elvis from Hearing Voices
January 2, 2011
7pm: Politics and Poetry: Chris Lydon with Noam Chomsky and C.D. Wright
8pm: Splitting Sudan: a vote for independence in the South? (America Abroad)
9pm: Utopia from Snap Jugement: decisions that change lives
10pm: Strange Days from Hearing Voices
December 26, 2010
7pm: It's a Wonderful life: A 2 hr radio play from the Cotuit Center for the Arts
9pm: Past as Prologue: Christopher Lydon speaks with author Dennis Lehane
10pm: A Christmas Mashup from Hearing Voices - holiday bits & found sound
December 19, 2010
7pm: The State of Reunion: Home in Los Angeles
8pm: Frank Sinatra : an appreciation from Christopher Lydon & biographer James Kaplan
9pm: Stories of Giving from Bethlehem to Florida - The World Vision Report
10pm: The Origins of Creative Impulse II from Hearing Voices
December 12, 2010
7pm: The State of Reunion: Appalachia Rising
8pm: Tales of Pakistan: Christopher Lydon in conversation
9pm: The Spiritual life of Johnny Cash
10pm: The Origins of Creative Impulse I from Hearing Voices
December 5, 2010
7pm: The Moth 305 - first person stories told live - produced here by us
8pm: The Day John Lennon Died: a remembrance
9pm: NPR Debate: Afghanistan is a lost cause.
10pm: Shopping for Santa - stories from Hearing Voices
November 28, 2010
7PM: The Moth 305 - first person stories told live - produced here by us
8PM: The Third Coast Audio Festival Awards- a 2 hour special of the winning documentaries
and interviews with the producers
10PM: Playland at the Beach: Dave Brubeck's early days
November 21, 2010
7PM: The Moth 304 - first person stories told live - produced here by us
8PM: Massasoit's peace pact with the Pilgrims ( Peace Talks Radio)
9PM: State of RE:union: Growing Pains: Austin, Texas
10PM: Sergio Mendes: Brazil's biggest export of music and culture
November 14, 2010
7PM: The Moth 303 - first person stories told live - produced here by us
8PM: Arab Youth & Self-expression - America Abroad
9PM: State of RE:union: Espanola Valley
10PM: Veteran Voices - stories from retired soldiers and those still on active duty
November 7, 2010
7PM: The Moth 302 - first person stories told live - produced here by us
8PM: NPR Debate: Big Government Stifles the American Spirit
9PM: State of RE:union: Veterans Serving Veterans at Home
10PM: Rural Routes - Small Towns from Hearing Voices
October 31, 2010
7PM: The Moth 301 - first person stories told live - produced here by us
8PM: Political Party: stories and opinions across the country: Hearing Voices
9PM: State of RE:union: Twin City: worlds within two cities
10PM: War of The Worlds: LA Theatre Works with Leonard Nimoy
October 24, 2010
7PM: Wild Camel Racing in Australia from Hearing Voices
8PM: We Shall Remain One: pivotal moments in Native American History & Tribal Radio
9PM: Remember the USS Cole: Ten Years Ago
10PM: Crescent City Blues: Local blues and local players in New Orleans
October 17, 2010
7PM: Radiolab 805: Will and Fate
8PM: Intelligence Squared U.S.: Islam is a religion of peace
9PM: Idealism on the Ground: JFK & The Peace Corps - 50 years ago
10PM: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Bob Dylan
October 10, 2010
7PM: Radiolab 804: Cities- what makes them tick?
8PM: Intelligence Squared U.S. debates: Treat Terrorists like Enemy Combatents
9PM: World Vision Report: Child Migrants
10PM: Janis Joplin: A Piece of My Heart
October 3, 2010
7PM: The Moth Radio Hour 205
8PM: Radiolab 803: Falling
9PM: 11 By Lennon - A 2 hour appreciation of John Lennon
September 26, 2010
7PM: The Moth Radio Hour 204
8PM: Radiolab 802: Words
9PM: OVerlooked and Underpaid: Arab Youth in today's economy (America Abroad)
10PM: Mary Lou Williams: NPR Jazz Profile
September 19, 2010
7PM: The Moth Radio Hour 204
8PM: Radiolab 801: Oops - unintended consequences
9PM: Focus on Education in the developing world (World Vision Report)
10PM: Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
September 12, 2010
7PM: The Moth Radio Hour 203
8PM: Youth Voices: Resolving conflict at home and in the world ( Peace Talks Radio)
9PM: Christopher Lydon: : Listening in on Ghana
10PM: Pen to Paper: audio portraits of authors (Hearing Voices)
September 5, 2010
7PM: The Moth Radio Hour 202
8PM: Educating Esme
9PM: Gathering Under a Big Sky: Crow Fair (Hearing Voices) II
10PM: Christopher Lydon: CUBA
August 29, 2010
7PM: The Moth Radio Hour 201
8PM: Testing Teachers: challenging traditional methods
9PM: Gathering Under a Big Sky: Crow Fair (Hearing Voices)
10PM: Still Singing the Blues: Louisiana
August 22, 2010
7PM: Pops: Christopher Lydon talks with Louis Armstrong biographer Terry Teachout
8PM: Seeking Asylum in the U.S.: World Vision Report
9PM: Beyond Gay Marriage: mainstreaming the gay movement
10PM: NPR Jazz profile: Abbey Lincoln
August 15, 2010
7PM: In trouble and triumph: Christopher Lydon talks with Thelonious Monk biographer Robin Kelley
8PM: Technology in the Developing World: World Vision Report
9PM: Serving TIme: a history of punishment in the U.S. (Backstory)
10PM: The Early Years of Texas guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
August 8, 2010
7PM: Writing Talent on the Rise: Christopher Lydon interviews
8PM: Summer tourism with a twist: poverty tours (World Vision Report)
9PM: Hear the World: live concerts: cutting edge of tradition and innovation in central America
10PM: Xenophobia in America: the backstory form the American History guys
August 1, 2010
7PM: Learning By Listening: Christopher Lydon interviews (makegood braodcast)
8PM: Staycation" (World Vision Report)
9PM: Hear the World: Blues with African flavors
10PM: Cowboy: Hearing Voices
July 25, 2010
7PM: Learning By Listening: Christopher Lydon interviews
8PM: John Prine - his life and his music
9PM: "A Whole Nother": A Way with Words
10PM: A Voice in the Night: Jean Shepherd (II) Hearing Voices
July 18, 2010
7PM: Youn and Restless: youth identity in the Arab World (America Abroad)
8PM: The Wall Street Collapse: Christopher Lydon interviews
9PM: Down the Chimmney Up: A Way with Words
10PM: A Voice in the Night: Jean Shepherd (I) Hearing Voices
July 11, 2010
7PM: Southern Slices: Stories about the South: from Duke University
8PM: The New India: Christopher Lydon interviews
9PM-11: A Love Supreme: the make and influence of John Coltrane's 4 part jazz suite (2hr special)
May 9, 2010
7PM: Inside the Adoption Circle: First person stories from all sides of adoption
8PM: Radiolab 704: Famous Tumors - tales of evolution, immortality and even...maybe...God?
9PM: Getting Out: stories of staying safe outside school - from Hearing Voices
10PM: Danger to Self from Snap Judgement: decisions that change everything
May 2, 2010
7PM: Great stories to remind you why you pledge to WCAI!(Finding Miles + Kidnap Radio)
8PM: Working with Studs - an appreciation of the late Studs Terkel from our own Sydney Lew is who worked with him for years
9PM: Radiolab 703: Limits - how much can we jam into the human brain?
10PM: Renewable Energy Technology - and the creative minds behind it
April 25, 2010
7PM: Five Farms: Who plants, nurtures and harvests our food? Stories of American Farm Fami lies- this week: Succession
8PM: Radiolab 702: Lucy the chimp - when humans try to live with chimps
9PM: The Great Textbook War-the cultural controversy from 1974 over new books teaching children to question authority
10PM: Musicians Minds from Hearing Voices
April 18, 2010
7PM: Five Farms: Who plants, nurtures and harvests our food? Stories of American Farm Fami lies- this week: Harvest
8PM: Radiolab 701: Animal Minds - what are your pets thinking?
9PM: Shifting Gears: voices from the new frontier of the auto industry - from Dtroit Publi c Radio - Part Two
10PM: Memory Book: stories of marking time from Hearing Voices
April 11, 2010
7PM: Five Farms: Who plants, nurtures and harvests our food? Stories of American Farm Fami lies- this week: Stewardship
8PM: The Painful Craft: Christopher Lydon talking poetry with Franz Wright
9PM: Shifting Gears: voices from the new frontier of the auto industry - from Dtroit Publi c Radio
10PM: Barks, Bites, Best Friends: dog stories from Hearing Voices
April 4, 2010
7PM: Five Farms: Who plants, nurtures and harvests our food? Stories of American Farm Fami lies- a five-part series
8PM: Yemen- the poorest Arab nation - a bulging youth population and a sagging economy - a closer look from America Abroad
9PM: Fresh Greens: Teens and the Environment: A one hour special produced by youth radio g roups across the country
10PM: Scene of the Crime: stories of victims, cops and criminals from Hearing Voices
March 28, 2010
7PM: Five Farms: Stories of American Farm Families
8PM: Intelligence Squared US Debate: Don't Blame Teachers' Unions for our Failing Schools< br> 9PM: The State We're In: The Art of Smuggling: museum looting during war
10PM: Prison: Stories from Behind Bars from Hearing Voices
March 21, 2010
7PM: WHER 1000 Beautiful Watts: the first all girl radio station - from Hearing Voices
8PM: Stories Make the World: Jewish tradition
9PM: Vandana Shiva - physicist and activist on Shikti: feminine power for change
10PM: Dolly Parton - the life and the music
March 14, 2010
7PM: America Abroad: The Carbon Conundrum
8PM: Finding our Bootstraps: Dealing with the Recession
9PM: St. Patricios: Irish Soldiers in the Mexican War(The Chieftains with Ry Cooder)
10PM: This is Insanity - Disturbed Mental States from Hearing Voices
March 7, 2010
7PM: Bioneers: Women Reimagining Life on Earth
8PM: A Way With Words: Spendthrift Snollygoster
9PM: No Brother of Mine: an unflinching look at sex offender policy
10PM: Valleys of Neptune: Jimi Hendrix tribute
February 28, 2010
7PM: Backstory: Black and White: The Idea of Racial Purity
8PM: Debate: America should Step Back from its Special Relationship with Israel
9PM: AIDS: The Politics of Prevention
10PM: All Happy Families: stories of love and loss from Hearing Voices
February 21, 2010
7PM: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
8PM: Debate: California is the First Failed State
9PM: The Really Big Questions: How Do Emotions Shape Our World View?
10PM: Sledding, Gliding and Speed: Stories of Snow and Ice from Hearing Voices
February 14, 2010
7PM: It's the Science, Cupid ! The Chemistry of Love
8PM: Stories from the Heart of the Land VI: Depending on Nature
9PM: The Really Big Questions: Religion: Why do we believe?
10PM: A House of Blues Valentine
February 7, 2010
7PM: Snap Judgment: The Decisions that Change Everything: Magic Doors (re-broadcast)
8PM: Stories from the Heart of the Land V: Dreams of Paradise
9PM: The Really Big Questions: What is Consciousness?
10PM: Truckin' The Blues Away- Four seasoned bluesmen from the south
January 31, 2010
7PM: Black, Gay and Quaker: Beyard Rustin - the man behind Martin Luther King Jr.
8PM: Stories from the Heart of the Land IV: Nature is Homeground
9PM: The Really Big Questions: How Do We Face Mortality
10PM: House of Blues special on the Grammy's blues nominees
January 24, 2010
7PM: Snap Judgment: The Decisions that Change Everything: Magic Doors
8PM: Stories from the Heart of the Land III: Journeys Home and Away
9PM: The Really Big Questions: How do Emotions Affect Society?
10PM: NPR Jazz profiles: Doc Cheatham - an articulate trumpet
January 17, 2010
7PM: Snap Judgment: The Decisions that Change Everything: Somet hing Ain't Right
8PM: Stories from the Heart of the Land II: The Nature of Imagination
9PM: Backstory: Partisanship and the Press - from the American History Guys
10PM: Dear Martin: a jazz tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
January 10, 2010
7PM: Snap Judgement: The Decisions that Change Everything: Warning Signs
8PM: Stories from the Heart of the Land I: Portraits in Landscape
9PM: Alternative Radio: Howard Zinn: Three Holy Wars
10PM: House of Blues pays tribute to Taj Mahal
January 3, 2010
7PM: Divorced Kid: growing up during the divorce revolution of t he 70's
8PM: Global Water Challenge: ingenious feats of engineering in the hunt for water
9PM: Debate: The U.S. is to blame for Mexico's drug war
10PM: Simon and Garfunkel - 1969 Live
December 27, 2009
7PM: Capitol Steps - Politics takes a holiday - roasting 2009
8PM: Naughty and Nice: a history of Christmas - from a rowdy festival to the child-centere d holiday it is today
9PM: To Warm a Winter's Night - the holiday explained through music
10PM: Workplace U: turning workplaces into classrooms
December 20, 2009
7PM: State of Marriage - a decade of changes in marriage right s for same-sex couples
8PM: Looking for Work: a history of unemployment
9PM: Intelligence Squared U.S. debates: universal health care should be the federal govern ment's responsibility
10PM: Christopher Lydon with jazz immortal Dave McKenna
December 13, 2009
7PM: Intelligence Squared U.S.debates: Obama's Economic Polici es are Working Effectively
8PM: NPR's Jazz Profiles: Jimmy Smith
9PM: Early Lessons - what helps kids succeed - American Radioworks
10PM: A Slight Deiscomfort: The Prostate Diaries
December 6, 2009
7PM: Heat of the Moment: on the front lines of climate change 8PM: Christopher Lydon in conversation about religiou with james Carroll
9PM: Arrested Development: America Abroad looks at the U.S. development progress in Ethiop ia and Afghanistan
10PM: On a Turquoise Cloud - Duke Ellington- composing after WWII
November 29, 2 009
7PM: The Gift of Thanks: anthropology and mythology of everyday life
8 - 9PM: Third Coast Audio festival: showcasing the winning documentaries and interviews w ith producers - a 2 hour special
10PM: U.S. Slavery until WWII - Douglas Blackmon in conversation with Christopher Lydon
November 22, 2009
7PM: Autism: the grit and brilliance of Temple Grandin
8PM: How Moby Dick explains Barack Obama: Dartmouth scholar Donald Pease in conversation w ith Christopher Lydon
9PM: DEBATE: Good riddance to mainstream media
10PM: By Force of Talent: bassist Oscar Pettiford - an NPR Jazz profile
November 15, 2009
7PM: Coming Home - A history of returning U.S. Veterans
8PM: Mongrelization of language and identity: Author Pico Iyer with Chris Lydon
9PM: A Way With Words - Zig-Zag and Shilly-Shally
10PM: The House of Blues pays tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughn
November 8, 2009
7PM: Enthusiastic fundraising with Radio Lab !
8PM: What We Read - Literary critic Harold Bloom with Chris Lydon
9PM: Taking on the Taliban - America Abroad
10PM: Bonnie Raitt's 60th at the House of Blues
November 1, 2009
7PM: War of the Worlds: Radio Lab looks at the power of Mass Media to create panic
8PM: Michael Pollan: In Defense of Food
9PM: Robots for Real - saving lives and doing chores
10PM: The Promised Land: Majora Carter in conversation with Wyclef Jean
October 25, 2009
7PM: Chris Hedges: Empire of Illusion
8PM: Mind the Gap: Why good schools are failing black students
9PM: NPR Debate: America cannot and will not succeed in Afghanistan and Pakistan
10P M: Epitaph: selections from the late Charles Mingus' jazz symphony
October 18, 2009
7PM: The Trouble with Black Boys: the stubborn link between race and poverty
8PM: Cultural Resurgance in Kodiak Alaska: Return of The Alutiiq Masks
9PM: A Way with Words: X,Y and Zed
10PM: Los Lobos - Redefined
October 11, 2009
7PM: The Life Stories Collection: stories linked to memory
8PM: Intelligence Squared Debate: Will Buy American/Hire American Policies backfire?
9PM: America Abroad: From NAFTA to Narcotics: the cross border economy
10PM: NPR Jazz Profile - bluesman Hootie McShann
October 4, 2009
7PM: Radio Lab: Numbers - can we live without them?
8PM: Friendship: 5 stories from the Life Stories Collection
9PM: A History of Public Education - from the American History Guys
10PM: The Enigma
