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WAMU 88.5 has something for everyone this holiday season.
Katy Daley and Michael Lee Dempsey will host our first live broadcast from the Birchmere, and certainly our first live broadcast of 2010.
Einstein's Theory of Relativity may have implications on the concept of choice.
The "mind" and "self" were formerly the domain of philosophers and priests.
In this hour, we hear stories of playing detective.
What is music? How does it work?
According to the latest research, remembering is an unstable and profoundly unreliable process.
Rob Bamberger spends another New Year's Eve with you as he hosts "A Hot Jazz New Year's Eve."
Gather round the fireplace and join Ed Walker for an evening of holiday classics from the golden age of radio.
Host Ed Walker of "The Big Broadcast" once again spins his Santa magic with four hours of vintage broadcasts from the golden age of radio.
"A Season's Griot" is public radio's only nationally syndicated Kwanzaa program. Hosted for the last 22 years by acclaimed storyteller Madafo Lloyd Wilson, this annual one-hour special captures the tales and traditions of African-American and African peoples.
Why do we laugh?
As in Quicksilver’s award-winning production of The Speckled Band, Craig Wichman (Independent Film, The Devil You Know) plays the Great Detective, and John Prave, the Good Doctor.
The Colonial Radio Theatre pulls out all the stops in this magnificent production of the Charles Dickens classic!
The first CRT Christmas Special! Jerry Robbins, with J.T. Turner, Diane Capen, Rob Cattell, Connor Doherty and Ricky MacDonald star in this throwback to the classic specials we remember from the past.
This year a radio tradition continues - stories from the NPR archives that touch on the meaning of Christmas. David Sedaris, Bailey White, John Henry Faulk - these and other NPR voices, past and present, tell stories of the season.
The Retro Cocktail Hour Christmas Party serves up swinging bachelor pad sounds for the holiday season, with tunes by Esquivel, The Three Suns, Xavier Cugat, Peggy Lee, Ennio Morricone, Lisa Ono, the Soulful Strings, Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra, The Barry Gemso Experience, the Blue Hawaiians and Nat King Cole.
"Welcome to DC" familiarizes the listener with a side of the Capitol City that most visitors never get to see; a thriving metropolis removed from the politics that govern this nation.
For every episode of SOTRU, we travel to a different American city or town and ask the questions, "What makes community?"
Join State of the Reunion as the show travels to the surprisingly metropolitan and remarkably progressive city of Des Moines, Iowa.
Is Jacksonville a bold new city of the south?
From the outside, winning the Nobel Prize seems like the achievement of a lifetime. But have you ever wondered how it feels for the spouse of the recipient?
NPR news presents President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech from Oslo, Norway.
Organisms change, and the result is evolution.
Some creature, unbeknownst to you, could be living deep inside you and have the ability to secretly control your behavior.
Numbers. They're all around us, but are they really there?
A perennial NPR favorite for nearly two decades, acclaimed authors explore Hanukkah stories written expressly for Hanukkah Lights.
Heading into the worst of the flu season, many are fearful about contracting the H1N1 virus.
This NPR News special will be hosted by Linda Wertheimer as she and guests analyze President Obama's troop level increase in Afghanistan.
President Obama will address the nation to announce his decision on future American force levels in Afghanistan from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Intelligence Squared U.S. brings Oxford-style debating to America - one motion, one moderator, three panelists for the motion and three against.
Help is on the way for Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers and their guests.
Although their fans didn't know it, the music The Beatles were making in 1969 turned out to be the last recordings they would ever make as a four-some.
Award-Winning producer Paul Ingles adds another installment to his series of programs spotlighting The Beatles album releases with "A Spin Down Abbey Road."
November 22, 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of one of The Beatles' most remarkable releases. The two-album set was officially called THE BEATLES, but it became known forever after as "The White Album."
For decades, The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has ranked highly on many All-Time Best Album lists.
When rock music critics and fans are asked to rank the top rock albums of all time, The Beatles' 1966 release "Revolver" either heads the list or falls into the top tier. To mark the 40th anniversary year of the album's release, award-winning producer and host Paul Ingles presents "Everything Was Right: The Beatles' 'Revolver.'"
When The Beatles arrived in the United States in February of 1964, no one could have anticipated the tremendous impact the band would have on the development of American popular music and pop culture.
This program features more favorite stories from the Moth, a not-for-profit storytelling organization founded in New York in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes Green.
Robots are not just science fiction anymore; they're are becoming part of our lives.
The 2012 apocalypse prophecy, colliding worlds, and abrupt climate change...disaster scenarios have made for rich creative ground in Hollywood.
They are an enemy that knows no border - trafficking between Afghanistan and Pakistan and terrorizing both countries.
"What Germany has done in the way of old-age pensions or insurance should be studied by us, and the system adapted to our uses."
Intelligence Squared U.S. brings Oxford-style debating to America - one motion, one moderator, three panelists for the motion and three against.
There's no escape from the chattering classes – they talk, squawk, squeal and sing all around us. Every animal communicates in some form – it's essential for survival. They've evolved to understand each other...but do we understand them?
Radio Drama Revival presents the classic tale of a creature that turns against its creator after the creator realizes the horror of playing god.
Groovy ghoulies abound in The Retro Cocktail Hour's annual Halloween spook-tacular, featuring tunes from classic albums like Shock: Music in Hi-Fi...Music To Be Murdered By...Monster Melodies...and Songs Our Mummy Taught Us.
In this in-depth extension of her All Things Considered reports, Nancy Solomon uncovers the realities of the achievement disparity, even in well-funded, forward looking schools.
Tonight's broadcast features excerpts from some popular Radio Lab episodes.
Organisms change, and the result is evolution.
Some creature, unbeknownst to you, living deep inside you has the ability to secretly control your behavior.
Inevitably, everything dies: humans, civilizations, even the universe. But then what?
WAMU 88.5 and NPR news will present live, anchored coverage of President Obama's address to the United Nations on Wednesday, September 23.
When lighting strikes twice is it fate, or just random chance?
WAMU's Bluegrass Country presents a program honoring Bill Monroe, one of Bluegrass's most influential figures.
WAMU 88.5 and NPR News will provide live, anchored coverage of President Obama's prime time address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, September 9. The President is expected to focus on his plans for the nation's healthcare system.
NPR News will offer an hour-long special program on the debate over health care in America. This news special will recap recent political developments in the health care debate and explore the roles various parties - patients, physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, the government, business - play in the current health care system, and in the debate over the future of health care in America.
Engineers of the New Millennium: Dream Jobs profiles engineers in dream jobs all over the world. We meet a robotics engineer, a video games designer, a Bollywood special effects expert, a toys engineer, and others with a passion for their work.
WAMU's HD Channel 3 presents a five-hour MOTH Marathon. The MOTH is a new series of programs featuring average people who take to a New York stage to tell stories about their lives. Profane, funny, and thought-provoking, this adults-only series is appointment radio.
This Labor Day, Americans take some time off. Those, that is, who still have a job. The unemployment rate hovers just under ten percent - a 25-year high - and in parts of the country, the situation is worse.
Tonight at 9 p.m., we present a special rebroadcast of The Diane Rehm Show reflecting on the life of Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died of cancer Tuesday at age 77.
Award-winning producer Paul Ingles hosts Back To The Garden: Woodstock Remembered, a two-hour examination of one of the most important rock music gatherings of all time, 1969's Woodstock Music and Art Fair.
We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can't avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal.
A walk around the block.
Maybe Dr. Doolittle was on to something; animals are smarter than we think. Birds, apes, and dolphins are all clever problem-solvers with a rich vocabulary and, in some cases, self-awareness.
Tonight at 9 p.m., in the place of On Point, we present a special rebroadcast of The Diane Rehm Show, featuring author Frank McCourt, who died Sunday at the age of 78.
WNYC, PRI and WAMU's HD Channel 3 present live coverage of President Obama's speech at the NAACP Centennial Convention in New York City.
The 2008 Third Coast Festival Broadcast features some of the best radio documentaries in the world -- the winners of this year's Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
President Obama wants Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. But first, she must be approved by the Senate.
President Obama talks tough about the power of talking to the world, but the State Department is still a bit tongue-tied. We examine how the US is scrambling to recruit, train, and deploy diplomats to the world's hot spots like Iraq and Colombia.
Health experts suggest that people with a life-threatening illness allow themselves to go through the emotional rough spots, but also to keep a sense of humor, advice taken by these comedians with cancer.
This Fourth of July, American Routes celebrates our nation's birthday with two live concerts of all-American music from the French Quarter in New Orleans.
Historians and others tell how the American journey has often required of citizens the courage to rebound from deep challenges, from Washington at Valley Forge to the Great Depression to today's hard times.
For almost a century, Muncie, Indiana has been known as "Middletown," the quintessential American community.
Join WAMU 88.5 this Sunday night for Sound Sessions, featuring the Champion of Children's music, Ella Jenkins.
In the early days of our nation, July Fourth wasn't an official holiday at all. In fact, it wasn't until 1938 that it became a paid day-off.
Celebrate Father's Day with WAMU's Bluegrass Country.
A Father's Day Special, a classic mix of memorable music, clips and interviews with Dad
Robots are debuting in the medical field as well as on battlefields, and they're increasingly making important decisions -- on their own. But can we teach robots right from wrong? Find out why the onslaught of silicon intelligence has prompted a new field of robo-ethics.
Conversations with artists, between races
On the next America Abroad, "Interrogating Torture."
Intelligence Squared takes to the debate stage to answer questions on the future of diplomacy with Iran
Today, President Obama selected U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court, tapping the daughter of Puerto Rican-born parents to fill the seat of retiring Justice David Souter.
After the battles have stopped and the soldiers gone home, what becomes of former war zones? "Liner Notes" presents a look at memorials, veterans, Vietnam and war.
Winston Churchill: A complicated life, a complicated legacy
More than six years have gone by since the War in Iraq began, are we any closer to leaving?
"Against the Odds" presents stories of the struggles and successes of foster care
"Against the Odds" takes a trip to India to hear the stories of several remarkable individuals
As Americans wake up to the new economic realities of the Recession, what becomes of the American Dream?
Celebrate Mother's Day with WAMU's radio tribute to motherhood.
Celebrate Mother's Day with a radio tribute to Grandma.
Wondering about the gap between the farm and the supermarket? Five Farms takes you inside the hidden life of your food.
Does what happens in Vegas really stay in Vegas? Not in the case of the housing market. From boomtown to the highest foreclosure rate in the nation seemingly in the blink of an eye, American Radioworks pays a visit to the storied, now struggling, city.
As the nation comes to terms with the mortgage crisis, how is the goal of home ownership changing in DC? Join Kojo to find out.
Prior to President Obama's press conference, join Diane on a special live edition to talk about the first 100 days of the new administration and the mortgage crisis.
President Obama speaks to the press after the first 100 days of his presidency.
A four part series from This American Life on the economic crisis delves into the sometimes strange lives of Americans caught between the cracks of the new and old economic realities.
A four part series from This American Life on the economic crisis delves into the state of the banking system.
A four part series from This American Life on the economic crisis delves into the role of the credit freeze in our economic quagmire.
A four part series from This American Life on the economic crisis delves into the housing crisis.
In the summer of 1998 one hundred and twenty countries made a historic decision, to establish the International Criminal Court (ICC). The hope was to end the impunity enjoyed by the globe's worst perpetrators of crimes against the international community. But since then, the reality of international justice has been slow to materialize.
"Hope on a Pile of Bones" introduces a range of people who are building the new Rwanda. It profiles a young genocide survivor who escaped the slaughter by pretending to be a woman. He stood by, helpless, as his father and brothers were murdered, and he later hid in church that ended up being a torture chamber. That young man is now studying sociology to better understand what happened to his country, and he works at the Kigali Genocide Memorial to help keep alive the memory — and lessons.
In "Nerds in the Hood," host Ellis Cose introduces young people from some of America's toughest streets, who, despite their backgrounds, have managed to become exemplary achievers. Listeners meet former drug dealer Walter Simon, whose business cost him his legs, but whose second act includes study at UCLA.
We explore "Sustainability" part of the "Grand Challenges" series from the Purdue University College of Engineering.
Rwanda, the Balkans, and Darfur -- why couldn't the international community prevent mass atrocities?
NPR News will provide anchored coverage of President Obama's announcement of the details of his administration's auto industry task force findings at 11 a.m., Monday.
NPR News will provide live anchored coverage of President Barack Obama's announcement of his administration's policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan at 9 a.m., Friday.
A special rebroadcast of the Diane Rehm Show, featuring an interview Diane conducted with John Hope Franklin -- a prolific scholar of African-American history.
There's no denying that we're in financial trouble, but how did we get here? And who was leading the way? Join Intelligence Squared as they present an Oxford-style debate on the roles of Washington and Wall Street in creating the economic crisis.
For one fascinating hour, examine the current cultural context in which American babies are born, delving into the postpartum experience.
Spellbinding music, exciting collaborations and engaging conversations
The true, timeless story of the ever-shifting lines between governance and oppression, political action and violence.
On the next America Abroad, Terror, Tribes and the Taliban.
WAMU 88.5 and National Public Radio bring you live coverage of President Barack Obama's Address to a joint session of Congress.
Broadway's Carol Woods joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on "Riverwalk Jazz" to celebrate a largely unsung group of black women whose artistry was pivotal to the Harlem Renaissance.
NPR News will provide live anchored coverage of President Barack Obama's press conference Mon., Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. This will be the first prime-time news conference for Mr. Obama, who took office two weeks ago. We expect President Obama will push for his economic recovery stimulus package as well as his administration's plans for the second tranche of TARP funding.
From The Kitchen Sisters and PRX, a new Black History Month Special: "Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs," with host, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress, Alfre Woodard.
In honor of Black History Month, Sam Litzinger, host of Sound Sessions, takes a walk through the life and music of legendary Paul Robeson.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist John Updike died Tuesday at age 76.
Explorations on the non-violence philosophies shared by King and Gandhi.
Current voices in civil rights -- from Dr. Vincent Harding, who worked with King, to the composer of a newly commissioned piece called "The Homecoming: In Memoriam Martin Luther King" -- offer a fresh take on King's life and work.
This program details Barack Obama's journey to the White House, reMixed in words & music.
Star power meets history in We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration.
NPR will provide live, anchored coverage of President Bush's final address to the nation, Thursday evening, January 15 at 8 PM ET.
Speculation. Deregulation. Crash. Bailout.
Ring in the New Year with musical stylings from all over the nation
The BBC World Service is coming to Washington, D.C., for a town hall discussion of the issues facing President-elect Barack Obama when he is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States on Jan. 20.
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