The News And Ideas Network Radio Schedule

Saturday, May 25
Time
Program
12:00 AM
The BBC WORLD SERVICE provides international news, analysis and information. Their global network of correspondents provide impartial news and reports from worldwide locations.
7:00 AM
Hosted By: Bill Littlefield
An award-winning weekly sports magazine hosted by veteran NPR commentator Bill Littlefield, Only A Game is radio for the serious sports fan and the steadfast sports avoider. Produced by WBUR in Boston, this program puts sports in perspective with intelligent analysis, insightful interviews, and a keen sense humor.
8:00 AM
From civil wars in Bosnia and El Salvador, to hospital rooms, police stations, and America's backyards, NPR's Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon brings a well-traveled perspective as he hosts Weekend Edition Saturday.http://www.npr.org/contact/
10:00 AM
Hosted By: Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Car Talk is a weekly radio talk show that broadcast weekly out of Boston on the NPR network of stations throughout the United States. Hosts Tom & Ray Magliozzi talk cars and car repair. Invariably the program takes a humorous turn as these mechanics offer car advice to callers.
11:00 AM
Hosted By: Peter Sagal and with Carl Kasell
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.
12:00 PM
Hosted By: Jared Brumbaugh
The Down East Journal is a weekly half hour local news magazine devoted to covering events and issues affecting Eastern North Carolina. From politics to arts, the environment to sport, The Down East Journal provides you with information you need to stay informed as well as the feature stories and commentary unique to Public Radio. Listen for the voices of Eastern North Carolinians during this half hour, weekly program created especially for the listeners of Public Radio East.
12:30 PM
Hosted By: Elvis Mitchell
A "treatment," in Hollywood parlance, is a concise overview of a screenplay. On The Treatment, film critic Elvis Mitchell turns the tables and gives the "treatment" to some of the most influential and innovative forces creating movies and popular art and entertainment.
1:00 PM
Molly Bentley and Seth Shostak
Discover what makes life tick and where it might be headed. Big Picture Science explores the nature, history, and future of life on this planet… and life's possible existence on other worlds. Each themed program connects ideas in surprising and humorous ways to illuminate the origins, the organization, the behavior, and the future of life on Earth. Big Picture Science is a one-hour science program produced at the SETI Institute's radio studio in Mountain View, California. We broadcast and podcast every week.
2:00 PM
Hosted By: Lynne Rossetto Kasper
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. Each week, award-winning host Lynne Rossetto Kasper leads listeners on a journey of the senses and hosts discussions with a variety of writers and personalities who share their passion for the culinary delights.
3:00 PM
Hosted By: Bill McGrath
You Bet Your Garden offers fiercely organic advice to gardeners far and wide: Tips on caring for plants, fending off pests, wrestling with weeds, dealing with disease, and all the other fun things we outdoor enthusiasts enjoy so much. Join host Mike McGrath as he slays slugs, defeats deer, whacks weeds, mispronounces Latin words, and saves gardens across the nation every week on You Bet Your Garden - an hour of horticultural hijinks that takes a breezy, light-hearted, and sometimes (OK - frequently) manic approach to the topic of gardening.
4:00 PM
Hosted By: Terry Gross
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. The show is well known for Terry's interesting and intimate conversations with a wide variety of guests.
5:00 PM
Hosted By: Melissa Block, Michele Norris and Robert Siegel
6:00 PM
Hosted By: Garrison Keillor
A Prairie Home Companion is now in its 30th year of production. Live every Saturday night from 6-8 p.m. EST, A Prairie Home Companion features comedy sketches, music from a wide variety of musical guests, and Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon."
8:00 PM
Hosted by: Nick and Helen Forster
etownis heard from coast to coast on NPR¿, commercial, and community stations. Like old-time radio variety shows, every etown show is taped in front of a live audience and features performances from many of today's top musical artists as well as conversation and information about our communities and our environment.
9:00 PM
Hosted By: Dave Higgs
Bluegrass Breakdown puts together an emotionally-charged, heart-rending, paint-peeling, splinter-kicking hour bluegrass music everyweek. Thematically, the show is all over the bluegrassical map, boldly covering such hot topics as broken things in Bluegrassland, gospel train songs, and "ain't" tunes. The show features new bluegrass CD releases, as well as live performances from the shows Nashville location, with some of the best in bluegrass.
10:00 PM
The BBC WORLD SERVICE provides international news, analysis and information. Their global network of correspondents provide impartial news and reports from worldwide locations.