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.

Host Bob Webster presents your favorite bluegrass gospel numbers in the professional and dignified manner they deserve.

Country Radio Hall of Famer Tom “Cat” Reeder plays a mix of classic country and bluegrass, and brings his unique sense of humor to the Bluegrass Country airwaves. He’ll be tickled plum twist legged to see you.

Witness seeks to provide first-hand accounts for perspective on significant global events.

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

Click is the BBC's flagship technology program, broadcast throughout the week on BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News.

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.

This program looks at discoveries and solutions in health care, tackles issues on conditions where there are no easy answers, and examines the choices to be made by individuals or organizations trying to deliver a healthier world.

Each week on Marketplace Money, host Tess Vigeland looks at the week's major national and international stories that will impact the average listener's wallet.

Each week, WAMU 88.5's Metro Connection reaches across D.C., Maryland and Virginia to gather the sounds and stories that capture the current events, culture and personalities driving the Washington region.

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.

Over To You is a weekly, 10-minute program offering listeners the chance to air their views and put their questions and comments about the network to program makers, presenters and managers.  Presented by Rajan Datar, it's lively and informative, aiming to give explanation and...

"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.

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 delivers the national news and analysis you need to catch up, start your day, and prepare for what's ahead. Hosts John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee, along with the BBC World Service, The New York Times and WGBH Boston, invite listeners every morning to learn more and be part of the American conversation.

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 Cafe with host David Dye serves up an eclectic mix of music from blues, rock, and world, to folk and alternative country, with live performances and interviews with celebrated and emerging artists.

World, Have Your Say is a ground-breaking, live global interactive program on radio every weekday and online 24/7. It invites World Service listeners and BBC online users to share their views and questions on key issues with a worldwide audience.

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.

Host Evan Davis hosts this business conversation BBC program with people at the top giving insight into what matters.

This irreverent talk show hosted by Tom & Ray Magliozzi is about much more than car maintenance.

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.

David Amanor presents The Fifth Floor, a brand new weekly program that revels in the variety and range of stories produced by the BBC World Service's 27 language sections. 

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

This weekly business program for a general audience reports on major business and workplace issues, emerging trends, and significant personalities in global business, from many different countries and cultures around the world.

This program looks at discoveries and solutions in health care, tackles issues on conditions where there are no easy answers, and examines the choices to be made by individuals or organizations trying to deliver a healthier world.

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.

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.

The one-hour daily flagship program that, seven days a week, 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.

A hybrid of a talk program and a news-magazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.

Outlook with host Matthew Bannister is a daily half-hour human-interest current affairs program about individuals and their extraordinary stories.

Sunday evenings are dedicated to special in-house productions, timely local election coverage, and experimental programming such as the patchwork of sounds of the New York-based Radio Lab.

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.