Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s show where we take on all the political issues -- even the complicated ones that might divide your own family.

Introduce children to classical music in a fun and entertaining way.

Hour-long talk show focused on the American theater scene, from The Great White Way ... to Main Street, USA. Program timed to the NPR "Special Programming" clock.

University of Alabama students studying abroad in Havana took along audio recorders to share their experiences in Cuba.

Imagine Howard Zinn developing a series of two minute radio modules on the history of the Americas...that's Hidden History in a nutshell, history from the perspective of the folks who built the plantations and grew the crops and cleaned the gutters; history for the rest of us.

A weekly short feature on fascinating happenings in new music

In this four-part series Y-Press journalists report about youth health care and their access to that care

One out of four New Yorkers doesn't speak or understand complex sentences in English. But at some point in their lives, every one of them will need to see a doctor.

Hear from three young Zambian Climate Ambassadors about the environmental problems in their communities and why they want to help teach their neighbors about climate change and environmental sustainability

What is it actually like for young Teach for America corps members, thrust into a classroom after eight weeks of training? What motivates them to teach, and what will keep them in schools after their two-year commitment ends? And is, as a recent study asks, Teach for America accomplishing its goal of creating lifetime civil servants? This series explores those questions. Over the course of two years, Learning Matters producers followed 7 Teach for America recruits as they fulfilled their assignments in New Orleans.

Imagine you have a child with a serious health problem. Everywhere you go for help you are either turned away or the services offered are inadequate. Your child gets worse and worse. Then you’re told the state will care for your child *if* you relinquish custody – which means you basically terminate your parental rights. Would you do it? This is the painful scenario facing many parents who have children with severe mental health issues. In Part I, we hear about ten families in Washington State that are fighting back. And in Part II, we learn about a program that could provide what these families are looking for.

The "Race to the Top" competition is unlike any education reform effort in U.S. history. This series of reports covers the past and present of school funding by government.