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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror -- taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

Across the Blue Ridge focuses on the southern Blue Ridge area known through generations and still today as a hotbed of old-time, bluegrass, blues, and country music. And the program reaches far beyond, exploring southern music as the music most people around the world understand as distinctively American.

Weekdays from 4-6:00pm In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features. All Things Considered website

American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans, presenting a broad range of American music — blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical.

The BBC World Service: News and culture with an international perspective.

88.5 WFDD presents Carolina Curious, a series where our reporters find answers to your questions. What have you also wanted to know about your community? From the serious to the quirky, anything goes. Check out past Carolina Curious episodes here to find out what questions we've already tackled.

What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. In the second part of the show, Life Kit offers tips and guidance on a wide range of topics.

Levitt and Dubner wrote Freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby names, self-dealing Realtors, and crack-selling mama's boys. They figured it would sell about 80 copies. Instead, it took up long-term residency on the Times best-seller list, and went on to sell more than 5 million copies in 40 languages.

Opening the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.

Fresh Air Weekend is everything you love about Fresh Air - tailored to Sunday.

Here and Now combines the best in news journalism with intelligent, broad-ranging conversation to form a fast-paced program that updates the news from the morning and adds important conversations on public policy and foreign affairs, science and technology, and the arts: film, theater, music, food, and more.

A blend of science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the patterns that drive human behavior, the biases that shape our choices, and the imperceptible forces that influence our relationships. It's a program that helps curious people understand the world, current events, and themselves.

Innovation Hub features today's most creative thinkers - from authors to researchers to business leaders. It explores new avenues in education, science, medicine, transportation, and more. Guests have included Michael Pollan, Sal Khan, Marissa Mayer, Clayton Christensen, Jared Diamond, Paul Farmer, Sherry Turkle, and Brian Greene.

Futuro Media produces Latino USA, currently celebrating its 25th anniversary at its new hour-long format.

First Friday of the month, during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Awkward. Difficult. Challenging. However you want to describe it, there are certain things we choose not to talk about. That old maxim “no politics or religion at the dinner table” has never felt more real than now. Let’s Talk About It is an interactive segment that builds dialogue skills and responds to listeners’ questions and concerns as they learn how to tackle tough conversation topics.

Join host David Ford and some of the Triad's best musicians as the WFDD studio is transformed into an intimate live venue for some electrifying performances.

Marketplace gives in-depth focus on the latest business news both nationally and internationally, the global economy, and wider events linked to the financial markets. The only national daily business news program originating from the West Coast, Marketplace is noted for its timely, relevant and accessible coverage of business, economics and personal finance.

Hosts Steve Inskeep, A Martínez, Leila Fadel, and Michel Martin bring the day's stories and news to radio listeners on the go. Morning Edition provides news in context, airs thoughtful ideas and commentary, and reviews important new music, books, and events in the arts.

For more than 30 years, Mountain Stage with Larry Groce has been the home of live music on public radio. Recorded in front of a live audience, Mountain Stage features performances from seasoned legends and emerging stars in genres ranging from folk, blues, and country; to indie rock, synth pop, world music, alternative, and beyond.

Go behind the headlines: From the economy and healthcare to politics and the environment – and so much more – On Point talks with newsmakers and real people about the issues that matter most.

Performance Today features timely recordings that can't be heard anywhere else, from recent performances by great artists of our time and by next generation classical artists.

Planet Money explains the economy with playful storytelling and Peabody award-winning deep dive, roll up your sleeves journalism. How I Built This takes us through the often challenging journeys that innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists took to build their now iconic companies.

Radio 101 is a platform for young voices in our community to explore issues that they are passionate about. Part of WFDD's Hive, the Radio 101 program allows students to interact with professional journalists, experts from across the country (and the world), and collaborate with each other to turn their ideas into feature stories.

WFDD Hive's Radio Camp is a condensed version of the radio production process. Participants acquire real-life radio production experience while having fun and playing games — not to mention access to professional recording studios and equipment.

Radio Camp allows participants to learn something new about the world of audio storytelling and narrative journalism. They have the opportunity to hear from industry experts about their work and how they produced some of their favorite stories—and maybe even collaborate on a project that might air on 88.5 WFDD.

Reveal is the Peabody Award-winning investigative journalism program for public radio from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX.

”Snap Judgment”… stories that stick with you. It's diverse, compelling driveway moment radio featuring narratives from people in situations that you never imagined. From the award-winning storytelling team that's always changing, always challenging, and always leaving the listener wanting more.

Sunday Baroque is the perfect antidote for the stress and distractions of our modern lives, so you can relax and recharge for the week ahead. Host Suzanne Bona offers a huge variety of beloved and appealing music performed by the world's finest musicians on a wide variety of instruments.

TED Radio Hour includes riveting excerpts from the renowned TED stage where some of the world's deepest thinkers and innovators are invited to give the 18-minute "talk of their lives." Host Guy Raz interviews the guests, delving deeper, dissecting the speaker's ideas and posing probing questions you'd like to hear answered.

Weeknights at 6:30 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.

The Martha Bassett Show is produced in collaboration with WFDD and is recorded live at the historic Reeves Theater in Elkin, NC. This weekly one-hour music program blends the fabric of the national roots and Americana scene with the rich artistry, history, and flair of North Carolina's Piedmont region.

Moth shows are renowned for the great range of human experience they showcase. Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience.

The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine’s editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn’t a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation.

PRI's The World is a one-hour, weekday radio news magazine offering a mix of news, features, interviews, and music from around the globe.

This American Life is just that... there's a theme to each episode, and a variety of stories on that theme. It's mostly true stories of everyday people (though not always).

Throughline is a weekly one-hour narrative history series. Each episode tackles the history behind today's headlines, and takes the listener back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.

Triad Arts provided interviews and insight into the Piedmont Triad's rich artistic community from 2004 to 2016. Archival episodes from 2013-2016 can be found below. Triad Arts stories broadcast prior to 2013 are stored in the WFDD Archives.

Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program where 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.

Missed All Things Considered this week? Don't sweat it! Here's the best of what you might've missed, from in-depth cover stories to quirky science, from thought-provoking author interviews to rockin' performance chats.

The Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.

The program wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.

Sacred music that spans the full range of Western classical music, from the Gothic period through the 21st century, with occasional surprises from non-western traditions.