APM Presents - News & Talk Specials
The Poetry Cafe Holiday Special
· Feed your mind, your body, and your soul as you immerse yourself in this one-hour open mic night over the airwaves. Live from Philadelphia
One hour
Broadcast Window: November 1, 2026 - January 3, 2027
Marketplace: The Business and Economics of Food
This holiday season, many families are feeling the crunch of high prices, whether it's baking ingredients, your holiday bird or persistently high gas prices. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. The team from Marketplace brings you a collection of stories about the business and economics of food. We offer tips on substitutions that’ll keep your holiday shopping list affordable; we go bow hunting with one of Marketplace’s hosts (and cook up a mean squirrel stew); we visit a fish market owned and operated by indigenous fishers, to learn how business is shifting in response to declining salmon run. And we feast at an Afghan restaurant in Houston, where the Afghan community has grown dramatically since the fall of Kabul five years ago. Join us for an hour-long station special hosted by Marketplace’s Kristin Schwab.
One hour
Broadcast Window: November 16, 2026 - January 4, 2027
Turkey Confidential
Turkey Confidential is The Splendid Table’s annual Thanksgiving show. Francis Lam and an amazing roster of guests take calls and come to the rescue of Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers, and dinner guests during the biggest cooking day of the year! This year’s guests include:
Melissa Clark, Best-selling cookbook author and food columnist for The New York Times. Her latest book is The Big Book of Dinner
Ayesha Nurdjaja, Award-winning TV personality, chef, and author of Mediterranean All The Way, Bold Flavors, Built to Share: A Cookbook
Monti Carlo, TV personality and author of Spanglish, Recipes & Stories.
J. Kenji López-Alt, Food Journalist and best-selling author of The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
Two hours
Broadcast Window: November 26, 2026 - November 27, 2026
Selected Shorts: Tis the Season
On this special Selected Shorts program, we share fiction about giving and receiving gifts at holiday time from three imaginative writers. In “Gifts of the Jewish Magi,” by Allegra Goodman, a frugal couple learn how to give to one another. It’s performed by Michael Cerveris and Dana Ivey. Next, Jon Glaser performs David Rakoff’s essay “Christmas Freud,” which recounts his experience as the resident therapist in the window of an upmarket department story. And in Jeannette Winterson’s “The Spirit of Christmas,” a couple confronts seasonal malaise with the help of a little magic. It’s read by Christina Pickles.
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2026 – January 3, 2027
Building Tomorrow: Next Chapter
Building Tomorrow: Next Chapter is the second special from Marketplace and This Old House Radio Hour on the future of American housing, hosted by David Brancaccio and Jenn Largesse. The first Building Tomorrow went to the neighborhoods leveled by the California wildfires and asked how we build. This special asks who gets to—and how we arrived at a moment when a generation of Americans is renting longer, buying later, or giving up on ownership altogether.
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 12, 2026 - February 28, 2027
2026 Remembered from the Current
Join The Current in honoring the life, music, and legacy of artists we lost this year with 2026 Remembered from The Current. This two-hour musical tribute is a celebration of all sounds - from indie to influential - and the perfect way for music lovers to unite in paying homage to the artists who have shaped music history.
Each hour is discrete, so stations can opt to air one or two hours.
Two hours
Broadcast Window: December 15, 2026 - January 17, 2027
