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American Public Media (APM) produces and distributes a dynamic mix of daily and weekly programs, documentaries, and exclusive specials that inform and inspire, entertain and engage. Curious about how our reach can help your business objectives? Contact us to learn more.
News | Talk Programming
Marketplace
Award-winning Marketplace® is public radio's daily magazine on business and economics news "for the rest of us." The 30-minute program—with an irreverent reporting style all its own—airs weekday evenings on nearly 500 public radio stations nationwide and boasts the largest audience for any business program in the United States on radio, cable or network television. In conjunction with Marketplace Morning Report and Marketplace Tech, this package of financial programming covers listeners from wallet to Wall Street.
Marketplace Morning Report
Marketplace Morning Report® (MMR) is produced by the same award-winning staff of Marketplace. Bringing you the morning business news “for the rest of us” in the time it takes you to drink your first cup of joe, MMR is a great way to start your day. From 5:51:30 a.m. ET to 11:51:30 a.m. ET you can catch one of the seven eight-minute modules designed to air weekdays during NPR’s Morning Edition. Tune-in to Marketplace Morning Report and get a head start on the day!
Marketplace Tech
Technology is reshaping our world; Marketplace Tech® explores how through a daily four minute program, podcast, blog and Twitter feed. Host Molly Wood talk to newsmakers, innovators, visionaries and creators about how technology is expanding, informing and transforming everyday experience. Tune in for the big news and the stories you won’t hear anywhere else.
BBC World Service
For more than 80 years, the BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source for news. The BBC is the world’s most trusted new source and has more journalists in more countries covering stories from more locations than anyone else. Whenever and wherever news breaks, the BBC World Service is there.
Unexpected Elements
Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
Find the answers to all those questions of science that have puzzled people around the world – and maybe have your own questions answered as well!
The Daily
From The New York Times, and hosted by Michael Barbaro, this is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. It's half an hour of context and humanity every evening.
On Point
Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world. Each show is a deeply researched, beautifully produced hour. Listeners will learn, be challenged — and have some fun, too. Produced by WBUR in Boston, distributed by APM.
APM Reports
American Public Media’s investigative unit strives to raise awareness, trigger debate, and prompt positive change with immersive, fact-driven, non-partisan journalism. From politics and education to health care and policing, digging deeply into these issues on behalf of the public is a role we take seriously. At the heart of every APM Reports story, there’s a critical larger question — about systems or accountability within institutions — that deserves to be answered with depth and commitment. APM Reports special documentary series are available for broadcast on public radio stations.
This Old House Radio Hour
This Old House has been America’s most trusted source for home improvement, craftsmanship, and restoration for over four decades. Now, we’re bringing that same expertise to the airwaves with This Old House Radio Hour—a weekly deep dive into the art, science, and soul of home building. Hosted by This Old House editor Jenn Largesse and featuring all your favorite TOH experts, each episode blends practical advice with rich storytelling. Whether you’re tackling a DIY project, renovating a historic home, or simply fascinated by the way we shape—and are shaped by—the spaces we live in, this show has something for you. Expect expert guidance from a roster of top builders, designers, and craftspeople who answer your home improvement questions—covering everything from plumbing to flooring, framing to finishing.
Arts & Culture
The Splendid Table
The Splendid Table® is radio's preeminent food program, airing on more than 400 public radio stations in the United States. Hosts Francis Lam and producer Sally Swift create this award-winning program that explores the entire spectrum of food: from cheese making to finding wine bargains to the science of a great cup of coffee to the best little greasy spoons in America.
The Arts Hour
Curated, written and presented by Nikki Bedi, The Arts Hour from the BBC World Service brings you the best in global arts in a weekly showcase of rich arts, culture and entertainment stories from across the BBC and broadcasters around the world. This program reaches places beyond most tuning dials and taps into stories, personalities and big global debates. Previous guests on the program include actor Russell Crowe, artist Ai Weiwei, actress Lucy Liu, comedian and actor Rebel Wilson and director Spike Lee.
Music
Performance Today
Performance Today® is a two hour weekday program which features classical music in concert from American Public Media studios and sites across the nation and around the world, as well as classical music news, interviews and features. Listeners experience the finest solo, chamber and symphonic works—not on CD, but in richly textured live performances recorded for broadcast. With host Fred Child.
SymphonyCast
SymphonyCast®, with host Julie Amacher, is a two-hour weekly radio program featuring a full-length concert by a major symphony. Material is drawn from Europe's premier symphony orchestras, along with U.S. orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Pipedreams
Pipedreams®, hosted by the eloquent and good-humored Michael Barone, spotlights extraordinary instruments and performers in stirring works that display the variety and wonder of the pipe organ. The program has been a classical music staple on public radio for more than 30 years.
Composers Datebook
John Birge hosts Composers Datebook®, a daily two-minute program designed to inform, engage and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present. Produced in association with the American Composers Forum.
Classical 24
Classical 24® is a nationally syndicated classical music service dedicated to live classical music programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week.