Talk of the Nation is a
talk radioTalk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
program based in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, produced by
National Public RadioNational Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law...
, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is
current eventsNews is the communication of information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
and controversial issues.
The show began broadcasting in November 1991. It has been hosted by
Neal ConanNeal Conan is a progressive American radio journalist, producer, editor, and correspondent. He is senior host of the National Public Radio talk show, Talk of the Nation....
since late 2001. Each episode includes special guests involved in the topics discussed on that day. Past regular hosts have included
John HockenberryJohn Hockenberry is an American journalist. He has won four Emmy awards and three Peabody Awards. Hockenberry accepted a position in early 2007 as a Distinguished Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab...
,
Ira GlassIra Glass is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life.- Early life :...
,
Ray SuarezRafael Suarez, Jr. , better known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist. He is a senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, an evening news program on the PBS television network. Suarez joined The NewsHour in 1999...
, and
Juan WilliamsJuan Williams is a an American journalist, author, and political commentator.Williams regularly appears on major radio and television programs, notably National Public Radio and the Fox News Channel...
.
Talk of the Nation is a
talk radioTalk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
program based in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, produced by
National Public RadioNational Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law...
, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is
current eventsNews is the communication of information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
and controversial issues.
The show began broadcasting in November 1991. It has been hosted by
Neal ConanNeal Conan is a progressive American radio journalist, producer, editor, and correspondent. He is senior host of the National Public Radio talk show, Talk of the Nation....
since late 2001. Each episode includes special guests involved in the topics discussed on that day. Past regular hosts have included
John HockenberryJohn Hockenberry is an American journalist. He has won four Emmy awards and three Peabody Awards. Hockenberry accepted a position in early 2007 as a Distinguished Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab...
,
Ira GlassIra Glass is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life.- Early life :...
,
Ray SuarezRafael Suarez, Jr. , better known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist. He is a senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, an evening news program on the PBS television network. Suarez joined The NewsHour in 1999...
, and
Juan WilliamsJuan Williams is a an American journalist, author, and political commentator.Williams regularly appears on major radio and television programs, notably National Public Radio and the Fox News Channel...
. Each Friday
Ira FlatowIra Flatow is a radio and television journalist who hosts National Public Radio's popular Science Friday. He is probably best known on TV for hosting Newton's Apple, a television science program for children and their families....
hosts
Science Friday, with discussion topics from science and technology. The program invites listeners to pose questions for the guest host or hosts by telephone or e-mail.
Format
The show begins with a look ahead to the upcoming topics. Then the regular five-minute NPR newscast occurs. After the newscast, the show generally spends from 30 minutes to the entire show discussing the main topic. If discussion on that topic peters out, or if the guests have to leave, then shorter news interviews similar to those found on the NPR newsmagazines of five to ten minutes air. Sometimes these shorter segments take calls, but often they do not. More controversial issues may have guests and take calls the entire hour.
One hour's topics do not carry into the next hour. This is because many stations carry only one hour of the program. In addition, the host will deliver a concluding
"This is Talk of the Nation from NPR News" as a cue to stations that wish to cut away to local programming before the scheduled break.
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