WFIU Program Schedule

• A Moment of Science
  A short daily science program produced by WFIU and hosted by Don Glass, answering listener-submitted questions and reporting on new scientific discoveries and research.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 10:58 am - 11 am

  Mon-Fri, 4:55 pm - 4:57 pm
• A Prairie Home Companion
  A live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The program is known for its musical guests, especially folk and traditional musicians, as well as Keillor's storytelling segment, "News from Lake Wobegon." The show has a long history, existing in a similar form as far back as 1974.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 6 pm - 8 pm

  HD2

  Sun, 7 pm - 9 pm
• Afropop Worldwide
  A radio program which presents the music of Africa and the African diaspora. The program is produced by Sean Barlow for World Music Productions in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to notes on the music, host Georges Collinet covers other subjects, such as his recipe for ginger chicken.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 10 pm - 11 pm
• Afterglow
  Afterglow features jazz, ballads, and American popular song. The program has aired since the 1970s. Since original host Dick Bishop's retirement in 2005, the show has been hosted by WFIU Jazz Host/Producer David Brent Johnson.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Fri, 10 pm - 11 pm
• All Songs Considered
  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Mon, 7:30 pm - 8 pm

  Sat, 12:30 pm - 1 pm
• All Things Considered
  A news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ATC programming combines news, analysis, commentary, interviews, and special features broadcast live. ATC is co-hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 5 pm - 6:30 pm

  Sat, Sun, 5 pm - 6 pm

  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 4 pm - 5 pm

  Sat, 5 pm - 6 pm

  Website link »
• Artworks
  WFIU's newest locally-produced program. Each week it covers the vibrant art and music scene in our listening areas with interviews, feature stories, movie and arts reviews, and poetry. Interweaved throughout are music by local composers, performances by local musicians, and news about upcoming arts-related events.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Tue, 7 pm - 7:30 pm

  Website link »
• Ask the Mayor
  A weekly program in which a mayor from our listening areas will take your calls and discuss community concerns. Ask the Mayor airs each Wednesday at 12:06 p.m. Produced by WFIU News.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Wed, 12 pm - 12:30 pm

  HD2

  Mon, 7 pm - 7:30 pm

  Sat, 12 pm - 12:30 pm
• BBC News
  World news updates from the BBC.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 10 am - 10:05 am

  Mon-Fri, 10 pm - 10:05 pm

  Website link »
• BBC World Have Your Say
  World Have Your Say is a conversation between all the BBC World Service’s news programme and our audience. It's where people around the world set the agenda via phone calls, text messages, emails and web comments.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 1 pm - 2 pm
• BBC World Service
  One of the most widely recognized international broadcasters, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world through multiple technologies. The World Service is funded by grant-in-aid through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by the British Government.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 5 am - 6 am

  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 12 am - 5 am

  Mon-Sun, 9 pm - 12 am

  Sat, Sun, 12 am - 8 am

  Website link »
• Broadway Revisited
  The American musical theater from Kern to Sondheim - is a weekly hour on public radio, now in its fourteenth year. Art Hilgart produces, writes and hosts.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 2 pm - 3 pm
• Car Talk
  A radio talk show broadcast weekly on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. Its subjects are automobiles and repair, and it often takes humorous turns. The hosts of Car Talk are brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, also known as Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 10 am - 11 am

  HD2

  Sat, 4 pm - 5 pm

  Sun, 3 pm - 4 pm
• Chicago Chamber Musicians
  Music from Chicago Chamber Musicians

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Thu, 8 pm - 9 pm
• Chicago Symphony
  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sun, 5 pm - 7 pm
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  Music from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon, 8 pm - 10 pm

  Website link »
• City Arts and Lectures
  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sat, 8 pm - 9 pm
• Classical Music
  Classical Music

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon, Wed, Thu, 7 pm - 8 pm

  Tue, 7:30 pm - 8 pm

  Sat, 11:30 am - 1 pm

  Sun, 11:30 am - 12 pm

  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 5 am - 9 am

  Sat, 8 am - 10 am
• Classical Music Overnight
  Music from the Beethoven Satellite Network

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 12 am - 5 am

  Tue, Wed, Sun, 11 pm - 12 am

  Sat, 12 am - 8 am

  Sun, 2 am - 8 am

  Website link »
• Classical Music with George Walker
  George Walker plays classical music throughout the day during the week. He also does arts interviews and reviews plays and operas. George has worked for WFIU since volunteering to read news in the summer of 1967.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 9 am - 11:30 am

  Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, 3 pm - 3:30 pm
• Community Minute
  Community Minute is a public service program from WFIU. Its mission is to provide a glimpse at the wide range of non-profit services and organizations in South-Central Indiana.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 9 am - 9:01 am

  Mon-Fri, 11:01 am - 11:02 am

  Mon-Fri, 3:25 pm - 3:26 pm

  Sat, Sun, 5:58 am - 5:59 am

  Sat, Sun, 11:58 am - 11:59 am
• Congressional Moments
  Congressional Moments explores a specific way in which the work of Congress has made a difference in people's lives - from food safety and health research to the interstate highway system.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Fri, 7 pm - 7:02 pm

  Sun, 7:55 am - 7:57 am

  Sun, 6:04 pm - 6:06 pm
• Earth Eats
  Earth Eats is a weekly cooking podcast with Chef Daniel Orr delivering the freshest news and recipes inspired by local food and sustainable agriculture.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 11:30 am - 11:35 am
• Echoes
  Echoes is a daily two-hour music soundscape, distributed by Public Radio International. With host John Diliberto, Echoes brings together a wide array of styles, from acoustic to electronic, jazz to space music, the avant-garde to rock.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 12 pm - 1 pm
• Ether Game
  A weekly radio guessing game. Mainly classical music is featured, although movie soundtracks, jazz, folk, and rock have often found their way onto the show. The game is geared towards the classical music buff, and just about anyone who knows or loves music can play.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Tue, 8 pm - 10 pm
• Focus on Flowers
  Focus on Flowers is a weekly two-minute program about flowers and gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andrews and produced by WFIU.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Thu, Fri, 3:25 pm - 3:27 pm

  Sat, Sun, 7:07 am - 7:09 am
• Fresh Air
  A radio show broadcast on NPR stations across the United States each weekday. In 2004, the show was syndicated to 445 stations and claimed 4.4 million listeners. In addition, some stations carry Fresh Air Weekend, a re-programming highlights of the past week's interviews. The host for the past 30 years has been Terry Gross.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon, Tue, Thu, 12 pm - 1 pm

  Wed, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

  Fri, 7 pm - 8 pm

  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 8 pm - 9 pm

  Website link »
• Harmonia
  Harmonia brings the music of earlier periods to life for radio audiences, as performers of today cast new light on the music of the distant past - from the sublime realm of Chant to the passion of an Italian Baroque violin sonata. Harmonia is hosted by early music scholar and performer Angela Mariani.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Thu, 9 pm - 10 pm

  HD2

  Sun, 9 am - 10 am
• Hearts of Space
  Music from the Hearts of Space grew out of producer Stephen Hill's fascination with space-creating, contemplative music. Now in its 20th year of national syndication, a one hour program airs weekly on around 250 NPR affiliate stations, including three of the top five U.S. radio markets and a majority of the top fifty.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 10 pm - 11 pm
• Humankind
  Public radio program about inspiring people who aim high and improve our society . Listen online about social conscience, wisdom and living more calmly.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sun, 1 pm - 2 pm
• Indiana Business News
  News on the Indiana economy, markets, and business, following Marketplace Morning Report.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 8:55 am - 9 am
• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  Music from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Thu, 10 pm - 12 am
• Interfaith Voices
  Interfaith Voices is the nation’s leading religion news magazine on public radio. Through honest interviews and reporting each week, Maureen Fiedler probes the many ways that religion informs our politics and culture.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sun, 12 pm - 1 pm
• Jazz with Bob Parlocha
  An introduction to mainstream jazz. Bob Parlocha entertains listeners with a creative, engaging musical mix and a brief, but friendly conversational rapport, talk is always kept to a minimum.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Fri, 11 pm - 12 am

  Sun, 12 am - 2 am

  Website link »
• Just You & Me
  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 3:30 pm - 5 pm

  Website link »
• Live! At the Concertgebouw
  Join hosts Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson as they present Radio Netherlands' classical music concert series Live! at the Concertgebouw. Housed in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and built in 1888, the Concertgebouw is considered one of the finest concert venues in the world.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Wed, 8 pm - 10 pm
• Living on Earth
  The weekly environmental news and information program distributed by Public Radio International. Every week approximately 300 Public Radio stations broadcast Living on Earth's news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues. The show airs in 9 of the 10 top radio markets and reaches 80% of the US.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 11 am - 11:30 am
• Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
  A weekly one hour radio show produced and distributed by National Public Radio. It started in 1978 and has always been hosted by jazz pianist Marian McPartland. It is the longest running cultural program on NPR. The show features a single guest, and usually consists of about an equal mixture of discussion and playing, often duets with Marian. A number of shows have been released commercially on compact disc.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Fri, 8 pm - 9 pm
• Marketplace
  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 6:30 pm - 7 pm

  Website link »
• Marketplace Morning Report
  Daily morning update from Marketplace.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 8:50 am - 8:55 am
• Moment of Indiana History
  Weekly 2-minute program on Indiana History produced by WFIU Public Media in association with the Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon, 11:26 am - 11:28 am

  Wed, 7:58 pm - 8 pm

  Fri, 8:02 pm - 8:04 pm
• Night Lights
  Hosted by David Brent Johnson, Night Lights focuses on jazz from the 1945-1990 era. Covering artists such as Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, and Nina Simone and themes ranging from jazz recordings of spirituals to avant-garde interpretations of the Great American Songbook, Night Lights also features many lesser-known talents of post-1945 jazz.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 11 pm - 12 am

  HD2

  Sat, 6 pm - 7 pm
• Noon Edition
  A survey of topics of local and regional interest, in a lively but civil conversation with scholars, government leaders, and listeners. The live 60-minute program covers everything from winter gardening to the relationship between race and prison policy.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Fri, 12 pm - 1 pm

  HD2

  Fri, 7 pm - 8 pm
• NPR Morning Edition
  An American radio news program produced and distributed by NPR. It airs weekday mornings, and runs for two hours, although many stations repeat one or both hours. Its weekend counterpart is Weekend Edition. Since May 3, 2004, the show has been co-hosted by Steve Inskeep and Renée Montagne.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 6 am - 9 am

  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 9 am - 10 am

  Website link »
• On the Media
  An NPR radio program dedicated to media criticism and analysis.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sat, 2 pm - 3 pm
• Opera Broadcasts
  Opera Broadcasts

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 1 pm - 5 pm
• Performance Today
  One of America's most popular classical music programs, with more than 1.2 million weekly listeners on 237 stations. Performance Today features live concerts by artists in concert halls around the globe and from the American Public Media studios as well as interviews, news and features. The host is Fred Child.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, 1 pm - 3 pm

  Wed, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 5 pm - 7 pm

  Website link »
• Pipedreams
  A 90-minute weekly exploration of the magnificent pipe organ. Hosted by the knowledgeable, personable Michael Barone, Pipedreams invites listeners to savor the magnificent sounds of pipe organs from churches, theatres, and concert halls worldwide. The program is produced by American Public Media.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon, 10 pm - 12 am

  Website link »
• Profiles
  A 60-minute biography program which lets the listener get to know the person behind the persona, the substance behind the image. Local and national figures are interviewed by a variety of hosts.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 7 pm - 8 pm

  HD2

  Tue, 7 pm - 8 pm

  Thu, 7 pm - 8 pm
• Radio Reader
  A daily half-hour radio program heard on 100 public radio stations in the United States. It has been hosted and produced by Dick Estell since 1964 and claims an audience of 1.5 million listeners. Estell only reads recently released books, often selecting best-sellers. About 12 books are read each year.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 11:30 am - 12 pm

  Website link »
• Saint Paul Sunday
  A radio music program produced and distributed by American Public Media. For each hour-long show, host Bill McGlaughlin invites a virtuoso soloist or chamber ensemble into the studio to discuss and perform music. Generally, the music featured on the program fits under the wide umbrella of classical music.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 12 pm - 1 pm

  HD2

  Sun, 8 am - 9 am
• San Francisco Symphony
  Music from the San Francisco Symphony.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sat, 10 am - 12 pm
• Says You
  The witty word game that engages and amuses audiences from Los Angeles to New York. Recorded in front of live audiences in Boston, Says You! features six panelists -- divided into two teams of three -- that bluff, guess and expound their way through the fast-paced, 30-minute program. Hosted and produced by Richard Sher.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 11 am - 11:30 am
• Sound and Spirit
  Sound & Spirit is a weekly series of hour-long radio programs exploring the human spirit through music and ideas. Ellen Kushner hosts the show. It is produced by WGBH Radio Boston and distributed by Public Radio International.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sun, 10 am - 11 am
• Sound Medicine
  Produced by the Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio. Host Barbara Lewis interviews medical experts on a wide range of current issues in medicine. Joining Ms. Lewis each week are faculty co-hosts from the IU School of Medicine. The program educates and encourages listeners to make sound health decisions.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 6 pm - 7 pm
• Sounds Choral
  Marjorie Herman is your host for Sounds Choral, a weekly exploration into the world of choral music.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Tue, 10 pm - 11 pm
• Special
  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 4 pm - 5 pm

  Sun, 8 pm - 10 pm
• StarDate
  StarDate is a radio program by the University of Texas McDonald Observatory, airing daily on more than 500 stations, for anyone interested in astronomy and cosmology.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 11:55 am - 11:57 am

  Mon-Fri, 7:06 pm - 7:08 pm

  Sat, 12:06 pm - 12:08 pm

  Sat, 10:07 pm - 10:09 pm

  Sun, 11:52 am - 11:54 am

  Sun, 10:05 pm - 10:07 pm
• Studio 360
  Studio 360 is public radio’s smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt Andersen introduces you to the people who are creating and shaping our culture, from the must-see movie this weekend, the next book for your nightstand, or the song that will change your life.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sat, 7 pm - 8 pm
• Talk of the Nation
  Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is current events and controversial issues.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 2 pm - 4 pm
• The Big Bands
  The Big Bands celebrates the Swing Era of the 30s and 40s every week, as well as the wealth of post-World War II and modern big-band jazz birthed to us by this grand American musical tradition.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Fri, 9 pm - 10 pm
• The Diane Rehm Show
  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Mon-Fri, 10 am - 12 pm
• The Folk Sampler
  A syndicated radio program of folk, traditional, bluegrass and blues coming to you from the foothills of the Ozarks since 1978. The host is Mike Flynn.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 8 pm - 9 pm
• The Poets Weave
  The Poets Weave is a weekly five-minute program of poetry reading hosted by local poets Jenny Kander and Christopher Citro.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 11:46 am - 11:48 am
• The Record Shelf
  Jim Svejda reviews a wide variety of classical recordings and highlights renown classical artists. He provides listeners with guides to the best readily available recordings and creates sketches of the lives of some of the most famous composers of classical music.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Wed, 10 pm - 11 pm

  HD2

  Wed, 7 pm - 8 pm
• The Thistle & Shamrock
  A weekly U.S. syndicated radio program, named after the national emblems of Scotland and Ireland, specializing in Celtic music. Thistle is the most listened-to Celtic music program in the world. It has been produced and hosted by Scottish-born Fiona Ritchie since its inception in 1981.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 9 pm - 10 pm
• The Writer's Almanac
  The Writer’s Almanac educates, entertains and inspires listeners with brief facts and poetry related to each day's date. It celebrates the birthdays and works of poets, writers, composers, philosophers and historical figures. Host Garrison Keillor closes each show by reading a wildly diverse selection of poetry.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Mon-Fri, 7:01 pm - 7:06 pm
• This American Life
  Produced by Chicago Public Radio and hosted by Ira Glass, This American Life is primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, although it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage. The first episode aired in 1995.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 10 am - 11 am

  HD2

  Sat, 3 pm - 4 pm

  Sun, 2 pm - 3 pm
• Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
  Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on the radio 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.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sat, 1 pm - 2 pm
• Weekend Edition Saturday
  The weekend counterpart to Morning Edition. Saturdays the program has a discussion of the week's events with commentator Daniel Schorr. On Sundays the show broadcasts "Voices in the News", an audio montage of sound clips from the week's events, and has the "Puzzle" game with New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz. As of 2007, those programs are hosted by Scott Simon and Liane Hansen, respectively.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sat, 8 am - 10 am
• Weekend Edition Sunday
  The weekend counterpart to Morning Edition. Saturdays the program has a discussion of the week's events with commentator Daniel Schorr. On Sundays the show broadcasts "Voices in the News", an audio montage of sound clips from the week's events, and has the "Puzzle" game with New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz. As of 2007, those programs are hosted by Scott Simon and Liane Hansen, respectively.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 8 am - 10 am
• Weekend Radio
  A radio variety show hosted by Robert Conrad; its flagship station is WCLV in Cleveland, Ohio. Weekend Radio is syndicated and runs for an hour on many NPR-affiliated stations throughout the United States.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 3 pm - 4 pm
• Whad'Ya Know?
  Whad'Ya Know? is an American comedy, interview, and quiz radio show. Hosted by Michael Feldman, it was created in 1985. It is produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and distributed weekly by Public Radio International.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD2

  Sun, 4 pm - 5 pm
• With Heart and Voice
  A weekly program of choral and organ music now being aired by more than 100 radio stations in 35 states across the country.

  Airdates and Times:
  HD1

  Sun, 1 pm - 2 pm

  Sun, 1 pm - 2 pm

  HD2

  Sun, 11 am - 12 pm

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