Read below for our Holiday Special Programming Schedule
Tinsel Tales 3
Wednesday, December 11th at noon and Sunday, December 15th at 4 pm
In keeping with a well-loved NPR holiday tradition, hear the third collection of extraordinary Christmas stories that will transport you to unexpected places. Audie Cornish, Ken Harbaugh, Nina Totenberg and other voices from NPR's past and present tell stories of the season in this hour-long special. Some tales are funny; some are touching; some are insightful or irreverent or nostalgic or surprising. You might recognize them from our broadcast archives — or you might fall in love with them for the first time. Hosted by Lynn Neary
WHQR’s Homemade Holiday Shorts Live Radio Show and Party
LIVE, Sunday, December 15th at 6 pm (Encore, Tuesday, 12/24 at 7 pm)
A wonderful WHQR holiday tradition continues with stories and music presented live from WHQR. This year’s storytellers are Wiley Cash, Shane Fernando and Wills Maxwell with holiday music performed by Delia Stanley. Rob Zapple emcees.
Jonathan Winters’ A Christmas Carol
Wednesday, December 18th at noon and Sunday, December 22nd at 4pm
An updated version of a public radio tradition hosted by NPR's Susan Stamberg. The late master comedian Jonathan Winters presents a distinctive reading of Dickens' holiday classic, with a special performing edition prepared by Dickens for his own presentations. Also featuring Mimi Kennedy. From NPR and KCRW.
No Small Endeavor: Can Curiosity Save Your Holidays?
Wednesday, December 25th at noon and Sunday, December 29th at 4pm
To prepare for family dinners and political conversations this holiday season, two guests offer us new ways of being humble and curious. Malcolm Gladwell reveals why we must learn humility if we are to understand each other. Then, former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith offers powerful poems that invite us to acknowledge the full, complex, and beautiful worth of the human beings we encounter.
WHQR’s “A Season’s Griot”
Thursday, December 26th at 7pm and Wednesday, December 1st at noon.
Hosted by the late beloved storyteller, Madafo Lloyd Wilson, A Season's Griot is an annual one-hour special that captures the tales and traditions of African American and African peoples. The show’s poet laureate, Beverly Fields Burnette, and other members of the Season’s Griot family return with familiar and favorite elements of Griot.
