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The Capitol Steps invite you to listen to their annual awards ceremony, roasting all of 2007 to a tasty crisp.
It isn't New Year's Eve without Rob's mix of vintage jazz, swing, and recordings from some of the finest bands and entertainers of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
Ring in the new year with some of our favorite live music from 2007.
Doyle Lawson, Lily Isaacs, and Bobby Osborne are just a few of the people who pay tribute to Red Shipley in this program on his life and work.
This year WAMU 88.5 begins a new radio tradition - stories from the NPR archives that touch on the meaning of Christmas.
We bring you a Holiday Special set in a city that embraces Christmas with food, family, lights, and of course music: New Orleans.
The Colonial Radio Theatre pulls out all the stops in this magnificent production of the Charles Dickens classic!
Ed Walker hosts a Christmas Eve special edition of The Big Broadcast.
Join Ed Walker for a special Christmas edition of The Big Broadcast.
There's no place like home for the holidays.
In a season when people are speaking their hopes for a more peaceful planet, we present a compendium of highlights from the Peace Talks Radio series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution.
Join Sam Litzinger and Smithsonian Folkways archivist Jeff Place on Sunday, November 25 at 6 p.m. for another Sound Sessions from Smithsonian Folkways, this time featuring the life and music of Bill Monroe.
With the Iowa caucuses only three weeks away NPR will follow the debates with analysis of the important moments.
A perennial NPR favorite, now well into its second decade.
On December 4, WAMU 88.5 will pre-empt "Tell Me More" and "Fresh Air" to carry NPR's national Presidential debate live from 2-4 p.m., at the State Historical Society of Iowa in downtown Des Moines.
It's the time of the season when we gather together to celebrate the harvest... and maybe reflect on the work we've done--all in words and music.
Join Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, for Turkey Confidential: 2 hours of live culinary triage on the day you need it most--Thanksgiving. This is the day even non-cooks get in the kitchen. We'll be here bright and early with open lines for your questions—anything goes! And we'll be joined by a few surprise guests. Don't miss it.
Join Sam Litzinger and Smithsonian Folkways archivist Jeff Place on Sunday, November 25 at 6 p.m. for another Sound Sessions from Smithsonian Folkways, this time featuring the life and music of Woody Guthrie. An audio portrait of influential singer, songerwriter, story-teller, wanderer Woody Guthrie here on WAMU 88-5.
The strong alliance between the United States and Turkey dates back to the early years of the Cold War. But today, new challenges threaten this longstanding partnership.
Hosted by John Hockenberry and guided by an outstanding panel of advisors, the documentaries and features explore not only the science of genetics, but its ethical, social and legal implications. The series — produced by SoundVision Productions and distributed by National Public Radio — has met with wide acclaim and won many prestigious awards.
This Halloween special features spooky short stories, satirical musical interludes and "breaking news" from hell on Radio Inferno.
Sam Litzinger and Folkways Archivist Jeff Place host Sound Sessions from Smithsonian Folkways.
A wrap-up of today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Michael B. Mukasey for Attorney General of the United States.
WAMU 88 5 News Director Jim Asendio and a team of college-age journalists examine how young people are getting involved in the 2008 presidential election, the issues that are important to them, and how presidential campaigns are courting them.
The Republican Forum, the second of the All-American Presidential Forums hosted by Tavis Smiley, will be held on September 27, 2007 at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD.
Basically, if it can be done in radio...Fred has done it.
Iran: The Looming Confrontation: Since the hostage crisis of 1979, there's been nothing but hostility between America and Iran. Now, these longtime foes may be on a dangerous collision course. We'll explore this looming confrontation, and step back to examine just how relations between the US and Iran deteriorated so quickly.
"If you could tell any story about the natural world, what would it be?" That's what Jay Allison asked some of his favorite radio producers, and they went all over the world to answer the question.
When we look at all the things that made America what it is, it's fair to say that for the last hundred years or so, America has been shaped, more than anything, by cheap oil. But now, there are plenty of people telling us: "The party is over."
Global warming is now an issue of worldwide concern.
Produced in 2001, Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady is an award-winning one-hour radio documentary that examines the challenges and achievements of this extraordinary woman.
Every day the latest headlines reflect a world filled with fear. Terrorism, war, disaster, and disease are grim realities brought closer to home in our increasingly connected world. And, they ultimately shape America's national security and foreign policies. But fear itself cannot drive our daily lives.
A special on the creative output of heralded songwriter Paul Simon.
WAMU 88.5 will commemorate the 4th of July with these special programs.
Tavis Smiley Moderates Live Broadcast From Howard University
Since 1959, when Fidel Castro’s revolutionary army marched on Havana, Cuba and the United States have co-existed as hostile neighbors. Now, with the iconic Cuban leader on his death bed, will a new era of Cuban-American relations be dawning?
From the independent producer collective Hearing Voices, comes "For the Fallen" a public radio special for Memorial Day.
Three one-hour radio documentaries exploring the influence of William Shakespeare's works on American civic, political, and cultural life.
The Vietnam War was a time that split the nation and a generation.
In 1970, nearly half the women in the United States had paying jobs, but most women worked for low pay. Women were waitresses, clerks, and cleaning ladies. Less than five percent of lawyers were women. About three percent of police officers were women. In the iron mines of northern Minnesota, zero percent of the steelworkers were women.
For generations they were called, "Farm Wives." But these days women are starting up the tractors and taking the reins of responsibility for farming in their own right.
WAMU 88.5 presents "Obstacle to Peace: The Israeli Palestinian Conflict and the Stability of the Middle East"
WAMU 88.5, America Abroad, and The American Interest will present a special town hall entitled "The Religious Divide between the Muslim World and the West" at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 7, at the Abramson Family Recital Hall in the Katzen Arts Center, on the campus of American University in northwest Washington, D.C. This event is free and open to the public.
Since the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world has held its breath. For more than six decades, diplomacy, fear and luck have helped humanity avoid another atomic attack.
There is a burgeoning folk, old-time, and bluegrass scene in Asheville, North Carolina that has a distinct sound, different from other bluegrass music centers like Washington D.C., Nashville, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Join Katy Daley for Resonator Guitar 101 with Paul Beard, owner of Beard Guitars in Hagerstown, Maryland. Katy Daley toured his shop recently and found out just how much design and technology goes into instrument making.
NPR News will provide live, anchored coverage of President Bush's State of the Union Address Tuesday, January 23 at 9 p.m.
This documentary features recent interviews with associates of Martin Luther King Jr. and his role model, Mahatma Gandhi, on their philosophy of nonviolent social change, plus archival audio.
On this edition of Peace Talks, we're going back to elementary and middle school.
The 110th Congress takes power in January, 2007, and in many ways, it will be a very different Congress than the one that preceded it. After years in the wilderness, Democrats will hold the balance of power in the House and the Senate. Yet no matter the party, when the new members of Congress reach Washington, the red carpet rolls out.
Join WAMU 88.5 Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 10 a.m. for live, anchored coverage of President Gerald Ford's funeral at the National Cathedral.
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