TheIdea Hour
Explore a world of ideas through a wide variety of thought-provoking public radio programs.
Join us for The Idea Hour every Sunday evening at 8:00 on WPSU-FM. You’ll hear documentaries from NPR news and independent producers and occasional series like:
- America Abroad hosted by Ray Suarez
- American Radio Works from American Public Media
- Radio Lab from WNYC featuring NPR reporter Robert Krulwich
- Intelligence Squared NPR’s series of debates on important issues
We’ll delve into politics, science, the arts, and more, in programs ranging from investigative journalism to audio art.
Check this page for schedule updates, as we may adjust The Idea Hour schedule to accommodate timely programs.
February Schedule
February 7: Say it Plain
The magnetic cadence of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” is impossible to resist. He was a remarkable orator, nurtured in a centuries-old African American tradition of spoken narrative and oral persuasion. Tune in for highlights from landmark sermons, speeches, and broadcasts by Booker T. Washington, Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm X, and others.
February 14: Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans
Hear about the origins of jazz and the life and music of legendary trumpeter, Louis Armstrong, as told by Wynton Marsalas, Donald Newlove, Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others.
February 21: Can Do
Tune in for stories of black pioneers, self-made men and self-taught women, neighborhood heroes, and visionaries. People who said “yes we can” and then did.
February 28: What’s the Word?
African American leader, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois had a profound effect on the way we talk about race. Learn about his work, and hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward P. Jones.
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