Programs

Hosted by Bill Miller, Bluegrass Gospel USA! is a music intensive (15-20 songs each hour) show featuring the very best in bluegrass gospel music by the greatest acoustic artists of our time.

Hosted by Phil Nusbaum, the Bluegrass Review presents bluegrass in an engaging, entertaining and informative package.

Bob Webster hosts three hours of straight-ahead bluegrass in the middle - middle of the week, that is. 

Radio veteran Chris Teskey presents three hours of Bluegrass goodness that draws from his three decades on the radio.

Each week, WAMU's Bluegrass Country brings you exciting and diverse programs that highlight a particular artist or aspect of bluegrass.

Bill Foster brings us three hours of great bluegrass music from the traditional to the modern — in the road, and on the edge. A familiar voice on WAMU 88.5 since the early 1980’s, Bill delves into his extensive collection of bluegrass music including LPs, tapes, and CDs each month.

Gary Henderson, 1999 IBMA "Broadcast Personality of the Year" and co-founder of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, has been involved in bluegrass programming at WAMU since 1967.

Lee has hosted bluegrass programs on WAMU 88.5's airwaves for over 25 years. He continues his tradition of spinning contemporary bluegrass for you, live in the studio, each weekday. His Saturday program focuses on the great singer/songwriters in bluegrass and acoustic music.

Mountain Stage is an internationally-distributed weekly, two-hour live performance music radio program produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting featuring some of the world’s greatest artists in an intimate and relaxed atmosphere with a live-broadcast edge. Mountain Stage blends studio quality with live performance before a theater audience. Each program features four or five guests.

Host Lisa Kay Howard spins 3 hours of contemporary and traditional bluegrass and gives listeners a peek into the local bluegrass scene.

This Bluegrass Country show features a rotating cast of hosts and themes.

A rotating lineup of bluegrass programs: The Bill Miller Show, Foster's Corner, The Tom 'Cat' Reeder Show, and The Old Home Place.

Fiona Ritchie hosts this celtic music program.

Mary Cliff presents blues, ballads, ethnic and traditional music.

Assembly Conversations is a show from Virginia Public Radio on the politics of the Virginia General Assembly.

Bullseye is a public radio show about things that are awesome. Each week on the show, host Jesse Thorn hosts in-depth discussions with personalities from the world of entertainment and the arts.

For more than 25 years, The Diane Rehm Show has offered listeners thoughtful and lively conversations on an array of topics with many of the most distinguished people of our times. The Friday edition includes Diane's two-hour "News Round-up."

Host Terry Gross opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.

Kojo Nnamdi's live two-hour magazine program highlights news, political issues, and social trends of the day. The Friday edition of the show includes "Politics Hour."

Morning business news from American Public Media.

From politics to pop culture, race matters to the latest writers, The Michael Eric Dyson Show reaches across gender, generational, class, and racial lines to offer a unique and sought-after point of view on issues of concern to all Americans.

This compelling show examines the impact the media has on our lives.

This program deals with major issues and themes in the world of development and the environment. The perspective is truly global, providing investigation and considered analysis on themes and trends that affect everyone.

Every Friday at noon, The Politics Hour connects you to your community -- interviewing news-makers and delving beyond the headlines to help you understand how government actions affect your life.

Featuring Space Age Pop, bachelor pad music, lounge music, and cocktail jazz, this music program from Kansas Public Radio will get your Saturday evening started with its fascinating mix of instrumental pop, electronic gadgetry, big band swing, movie music, and garden variety elevator music.

Snap Judgment is a themed, weekly NPR storytelling show. We focus on presenting compelling personal stories - mixing tall tales with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio.

The Takeaway is the new national morning program that delivers the news and analysis you need to catch up, start your day, and prepare for what's ahead. Host John Hockenberry, along with the BBC World Service, The New York Times, and WGBH Boston, invite listeners every morning to be part of the American conversation on-air and online at thetakeaway.org.

The Tavis Smiley Show is a high-energy exchange of views, information, and insight hosted by Tavis Smiley.

The Vinyl Cafe is a radio show heard on CBC Radio in Canada, on selected public radio stations in the United States, on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 137, on Podcast, and live online. The show is written and hosted by Stuart McLean and features stories, essays and music (both live and recorded).

Part monologue and part telephone conversation, WireTap ushers you into the endearingly odd, funny universe of host Jonathan Goldstein's friends and family.

Witness - history as told by the people who were there. Five days a week we will be talking to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events.

World Business Report presents the latest global financial and business news.

A one-hour global news and current affairs program designed to brief listeners -- mainly in the U.S. but also around the world -- on the news and to break news and move stories forward in an engaging and authoritative way. The program includes news, interviews, features, reports, debates and discussions.

This informative and irreverent current affairs program calls and interviews newsmakers.

Legendary radio personality Ed Walker offers listeners priceless recordings of popular radio programs from the '30s, '40s and '50s.

With a broader agenda than World Business Report, Business Daily brings more context to the big stories in business and economics. It includes interviews with newsmakers, key global players, and those at the cutting edge of new ideas, plus topics such as technology and innovation, business ethics, the environment and management.

Coastal Connection is a weekly public affairs program on 88.3 Ocean City.

The BBC presents various radio documentaries on a wide variety of topics.

Bridget Kendall presents The Forum, the show which brings together three innovative thinkers from different cultures and perspectives to put forward new ideas.

Each week, From Our Own Correspondent asks BBC reporters around the world to give a personal perspective on news events in their area. It's a program that combines expert analysis with insight and anecdote from an informed, personal point of view.

HARDtalk interviews newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.

This program has thought-provoking and illuminating reflections on a wide range of personal, moral, spiritual, and topical issues.

Host Maureen Fiedler provides engaging and informative discussion on the key public issues of our day through the lenses of many different faith perspectives.

Krista Tippett on Being -- formerly Speaking of Faith With Krista Tippett -- is public radio's conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas.

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.

This compelling show examines the impact the media has on our lives.

This program deals with major issues and themes in the world of development and the environment. The perspective is truly global, providing investigation and considered analysis on themes and trends that affect everyone.

The only live music and variety show aired nationwide today.

From outer space to the inner workings of the human body, Science in Action tells listeners what's happening and why it matters.

The Splendid Table is a culinary, culture, and lifestyle one-hour program that celebrates food and its ability to touch the lives and feed the souls of everyone.

This collaboration between WAMU 88.5 and Radio Netherlands brings you stories from all over the world, covering important global matters as well as seemingly small issues, because they too can have a big impact.

Host Kurt Anderson takes a look at arts and culture.

The NPR talk show Tell Me More, with host Michel Martin, brings fresh voices and perspectives to public radio

Hosted by Warren Olney, To the Point is a fast-paced, news-based one-hour daily national program that focuses on the hot-button issues of the day, co-produced by KCRW and Public Radio International.

Scott Simon hosts NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine.

With Good Reason features in-depth interviews with leading scholars from Virgina's public universities about topics from the expanding universe to winemaking, and everything else in between.

Hosts Lisa Mullins and Tony Kahn take an in-depth look at the international news agenda and the issues behind the headlines from BBC correspondents across the world.

This World Service news and current affairs program sets the agenda for the day and provides the latest news, interviews, and on-the-spot features on a wide range of subjects for early-tune-in audiences around the world. It also includes business and sports, and its broad agenda includes culture, lifestyle and health. Its style is friendly and relaxed.