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Complete NCPR Program Schedule

News and Talk Programs

News & Events

All Before Five
4:45 pm weekdays. Regional news and features, community voices, Heard Up North.
All Before Five podcast feed
BBC World Update, Weekdays, 5 am
A roundup of all the day's news from the BBC World Service.

Community Calendar
Weekdays 8:55 am & 4:30 pm,
Sundays at 8:30 am
What's happening throughout the North Country.
Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Saturday, 11 am
NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Test your knowledge while figuring out what's real news and what's made up. Latest rundown

June 17, 2009 : Today on The World: Afghan authorities engage in secret talks with members of the Taliban; Plus -- more protests in Tehran - we'll have the latest news and we'll gauge the power of text messages, posts and tweets to inspire dissent in Iran.
The World

Mon-Thu, 7 pm
Latest rundown
Podcasts from The World
 

News & Topical Talk

Bob Edwards Weekend
Saturdays, 6-8 am
Veteran host Bob Edwards with interviews and performance from PRI.
Car Talk
Saturday, 10 am
All things automotive with Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Call of the Week podcast
Car Talk Puzzler
Vanity on Wheels

Fresh Air
Weekdays, noon
Latest rundown

Hearing Voices
Saturday, 4 pm
A weekly hour of "driveway moments" culled from broadcasts, podcasts, sound-portraits, slam poets, features, found-sound and audio archives.
Natural Selections
Thursdays, 8:35 am, Sundays, 8:55 am Conversations about the natural world with Martha Foley & Dr. Curt Stager.
Natural Selections podcast feed
Only A Game
Saturday, noon
Weekly sports magazine hosted by veteran NPR commentator Bill Littlefield.

On Point
Weekdays, 10 am- noon

Thursday, 1 pm

Sunday, 2 pm
State of the Re:Union
Wednesday, 1 pm; Saturday, 3 pm
With host Al Letson. Each show explores an American community.
The Story
Weekdays, 2 pm
Looking at the world through the stories of ordinary people with host Dick Gordon.
This American Life
Sunday, noon, repeats Friday 1 pm
We're #36 on Chicago Magazine's list of "Chicago's Top 40 Artistic Breakthroughs", which also includes our friend Chris Ware (interviewed in Episode 178: Superpowers, with a link to one of his comics) and our radio forefather Studs Terkel (some of whose stories you can hear in Episode 368: Who Do You Think You Are?). Plus Muddy Waters, Second City and Wilco. But no Oprah.

To the Best of Our Knowledge
Tuesday, 1 pm
An audio magazine of ideas - smart, entertaining radio for people with curious minds. Host Jim Fleming.
A Way with Words
Monday, 1 pm
Co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett take calls from listeners about linguistic disputes, grammatical pet peeves, the origins of words and phrases, and curious regional expressions.