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The Jazz Scene

Produced by Jake Longwell, The Jazz Scene is a weekly hour-long program that features the best in traditional and contemporary jazz music from the 1920s through the present. Airs twice each weekend: Saturday 4-5 a.m and 1-2 p.m.

Jazz Progressions

Also produced by Jake Longwell, Jazz Progressions is a radio show designed for the more adventurous jazz fan. Every week, Jazz Progressions features some of the best in jazz/rock fusion, avant-gard, free jazz, acid jazz, and jazz-influenced electronica. Airs twice each weekend: Saturday 5-6 a.m and noon-1 p.m.

Jazz Perspectives

Reese Erlich's Jazz Perspectives is a series of interviews with, and music of, the great jazz artists of the day. An all- new series of interviews just produced. Featured artists: Pablo Ziegler (7/31-8/1); Wayne Escoffery (8/7-8/8). Airs Saturday at 8 a.m. and Sunday at noon. All of the interviews can be heard at www.jazzcorner.com/innerviews.

Jazz Inspired

Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired airs Saturday at 1 a.m. and 11 a.m. Upcoming featured guests: Actress Karen Allen (7/31); Jane Monheit (8/7) . Read Jazz Inspired's mission statement here.

Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli

Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli is focused exclusively on playing American standards recorded by a growing number of new performers - like Diana Krall, Peter Cincotti, Michael Buble, Norah Jones - along with the "greats" who have influenced them. Airs three times each weekend: 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and Sunday from 10 p.m. to midnight. [Read a review of John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey.]

 

Features & Entertainment

Vinyl Café

Tune into The Vinyl Cafe to hear the misadventures of Dave, owner of the Vinyl Cafe – the world’s smallest record store where the motto is “We May Not Be Big, But We’re Small.” The show features Dave and his wife, Morley, their two children Sam and Stephanie and assorted friends and neighbours. The program is hosted by Stuart McLean, Canada’s answer to Garrison Keillor. In addition to stories The Vinyl Cafe also features music - both live and recorded. We travel across the country searching for new, undiscovered musicians and visiting with old friends. Host Stuart McLean is a best-selling author, award-winning journalist and humorist, in addition to being the host of CBC Radio's The Vinyl Cafe. Since 1998 Stuart has taken the show on the road, performing in large and small towns across Canada from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Whitehorse in the Yukon. The Vinyl Cafe is one of CBC Radio's most popular radio programs. More than 750, 000 North Americans listen to The Vinyl Cafe every weekend.

Airs Friday at midnight and Saturday at 7 a.m. This week (7/31): Waterslide. The summer holidays seem to be dragging for Murphy and Sam, until that is, they rediscover the joys of playing in the water. With Eugene’s help, the two boys turn Dave’s backyard into the neighborhood waterpark—complete with a two story waterslide.

Earth & Sky

The award-winning international science news radio program is heard 8 million times a day. Airs daily at 7 a.m. and noon www.earthsky.org.

Public Affairs

Jim Hightower Common Sense Commentary

If you want the usual mainstream media conservative spin on events, you know where to look - anywhere on the commercial radio dial. If you're interested in something different, check out Jim Hightower's commentaries--Hightower Radio. Airs Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Saturday at 6 a.m. Click here for news about Jim Hightower.

World of Possibilities

World of Possibilities is a production of the Mainstream Media Project. Airs Saturday at 6 a.m. This week (7/31): International Trade--Free, Fixed or Fair? In the view of its proponents, free trade as promoted by the United States and other leading industrial powers is the swiftest and surest route to global economic development. But from the perspective of many in the developing world, it is the most effective means of extracting natural resources, exploiting low-wage labor, and producing goods from the world's poor at the lowest cost while earning value for those who already have more than enough.

Voices of Our World

Voices of Our World, a Maryknoll public affairs production, airs Monday at 6 a.m. Voices of Our World is a program about human rights, peace, global economics, the environment and the plight of under-represented people around the world. This week (8/2): Language as Love. The Voices of Our World team visited the country of Taiwan in southeast Asia in search of even more diverse voices and stories to share. Whether it means getting on the wrong train, or ordering the wrong dish, one never knows how truly helpless they can be until they have an opportunity to travel to a land with a different language. On this program, a conversation with two Americans about their very different experiences with language while living abroad, and how simple communication can be a gesture of love.