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WHYY-FM On the Weekend

Our weekend lineup has changed to include the best in brain-teasing and compelling programming. Featuring several WHYY-produced programs, the weekend on WHYY-FM is certainly something different!

LIVING ON EARTH with Steve Curwood is a weekly environmental news and information program. With news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues, Living on Earth is the show of choice for anyone interested in the environment. Saturday, 6AM to 7AM.

STUDIO 360 looks at the places "where art and real life collide," exploring the creative influence and transformative power of art in modern life through stories and insightful conversation. Hosted by novelist and journalist Kurt Andersen, Studio 360 touches listeners' feelings and challenges their perceptions of the world by presenting a weekly collection of ideas that are provocative and moving. Saturday, 7AM to 8AM.

CAR TALK, Imagine the Marx Brothers answering questions about automobiles. Picture Monty Python trying to imitate car noises. Think of A.J. Foyt telling someone how to open the car hood. Mix it all up, throw in a little Dr. Ruth and a little Smothers Brothers, and you've got Car Talk, NPR's Peabody Award-winning radio program. Saturday, 10AM to 11AM and Sunday, 1PM to 2PM.

WHYY's YOU BET YOUR GARDEN is an hour of horticultural hijinks that takes a light-hearted yet highly informative approach to the topic of organic gardening. This series has a call-in format and offers discussion, tips and seasonal topics along with plenty of humor. Saturday, 11AM to Noon.

WHYY's A CHEF'S TABLE , features noted chef Jim Coleman, who discusses the wonders of food and tricks of the trade for the culinary artist in all of us. He has a broad range of guests and invites callers. Saturday, Noon to 1PM.

So, WHAD'YA KNOW?! Host and quiz master Michael Feldman tests listeners' knowledge of the esoteric and the 'nearly absurd' each week. Audience members and callers answer questions that reflect a 'limitless store of insignificant (but important!) information, and are treated to unique interviews and other moments of amusement and entertainment. Saturday, 8PM - 10PM.

WAIT, WAIT'DON'T TELL ME , Peter Sagal (a.k.a. Dr. Science) tests contestants on their ability to recall events from the past week by using brain-teasing games. NPR News' Carl Kassell serves as a judge and score keeper for this fast-paced look at the week's events. Saturday, 4PM to 5PM.

Garrison Keillor's A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION is a live radio variety show featuring comedy sketches, music, special guests and "The News from Lake Wobegon." Keillor, an award-winning author, has been involved with public radio since 1968, and has made this program a national radio phenomenon. Saturday, 6PM to 8PM and Sunday, 2PM to 4PM.

THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK features spirited reels and jigs, haunting ballads, harmonious strains, and exuberant rhythms of new music born of deep roots. This one-hour weekly Celtic music series embraces the spirit and character of America's thriving cultural influences. Thistle is hosted by Fiona Ritchie from Scotland, who beckons listeners to her radio soundstage in the rich warm accent of her homeland. Saturday, 11PM - Midnight.

SPEAKING OF FAITH explores topics and perspectives of faith through intelligent conversation and evocative sound and music. It reaches beyond the basic tenets of the world's religions to reveal how perspectives of faith can illuminate critically important issues ' from how nations wage war to how families raise their children . Sunday, 7AM to 8AM.

THIS AMERICAN LIFE represents an engagingly new kind of storytelling for the radio airwaves. Combining documentary stories, monologues, short radio plays and recordings, host Ira Glass and Americans from across the country document and describe contemporary, ordinary America in its odder moments. Each program evolves around a particular theme, encompassing perspectives from every walk of life. Sunday, Noon to 1PM.

AMERICAN ROUTES is an excursion into American music, spanning eras and genres taking listeners on musical journeys from the known to the unknown and back again. Saturday, 2PM to 4PM and Sunday, 6PM to 8PM.

LE SHOW is a weekly, hour-long romp through the worlds of media, politics, sports and show business, leavened with an eclectic mix of mysterious music, hosted by Harry Shearer. Sunday, 4PM to 5PM.

SHOWCASE is a two hour classical music broadcast featuring performances by the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia Singers, Philomel, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Haddonfield Symphony and more; combined with insightful and interesting commentary from WHYY's Ed Cunningham. Sunday, 8PM to 10PM.

SYMPHONYCAST

SymphonyCast brings signature performances by the world's finest orchestras into one comprehensive weekly series. The show features notable symphonic events as well as celebrations of artistic, historic and musical significance. Hosted by Corva Coleman. Sunday, 10PM to Midnight.