1A
Weekdays at 10:00am
Every day, host Jenn White convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time.
With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror -- taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
The conversation isn't just on air. 1A invites you to join in.The show regularly posts questions and requests for feedback on this page: http://the1a.org/ask-1a. And you can also engage on Twitter, Facebook, or by texting 1A to 63735.
The Sounds of America: Blondie's 'Parallel Lines' (Rebroadcast)
"Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out had a heart of glass."
What we get wrong about our midlives (Rebroadcast)
What does our common depiction of a midlife crisis get wrong and who gets left behind by this narrative?
The 1A Record Club listens to Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' (Rebroadcast)
We break down the sounds the musical powerhouse explores in her latest project and how Black artists have long been excluded from the genre.
The political power of theater (Rebroadcast)
Between 1935 and 1939, thirty million Americans had the chance to see a play thanks to Federal Theater Project. Nearly a century later, the theater's place in American life is shrinking.
Inside Out 2 and how we think about our feelings (Rebroadcast)
Anxiety, envy, embarrassment and ennui get added to the mix.
A Salute to MLK: The struggle for democracy and the vote (Rebroadcast)
Who can vote and how they can cast their ballot are questions as important today as they were almost 60 years ago.
The art of doing nothing (Rebroadcast)
Studies show there are benefits to dilly-dallying when it comes to your work and your health.
How can we change work for the better? (Rebroadcast)
We explore why work has turned into a grind for so many Americans.
Ask a stunt actor (Rebroadcast)
The car chases, the fight scenes, and epic super-hero showdowns are all thanks to Hollywood’s most daring.
How to become a supercommunicator (Rebroadcast)
They ask you another question and another. Before you know it, an hour has passed.
The Sounds of America: Lily Tomlin, Jefferson Airplane, and Bobby McFerrin (Rebroadcast)
A holiday guide to the most iconic tracks picked to enter the country's audio 'hall of fame.'
The Sounds of America: Bill Withers and Blondie (Rebroadcast)
A holiday guide to the most iconic tracks picked to enter the country's audio "hall of fame."
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden walks 1A through the 2024 National Book Festival (Rebroadcast)
Where authors are celebrities and audiences are bookworms ready to nerd out among their our own.