APM PRESENTS
APM Presents offers a unique package of programs with timely relevance for your audiences.
APM Presents, previously known as APM Celebrates, is a collection of specials available through American Public Media to all affiliated stations. News and Talk specials tackle some of the biggest questions of our time while our Classical collection engages audiences with musical performances from renowned musicians.
Air windows are listed below and on individual program pages. Specific download times are listed in ContentDepot. If you would like to request an air window extension, please contact your Station Relations Representative. Extensions are considered on a case-by-case basis and may be granted subject to rights.
So far this fiscal year, 20 specials have been included in the APM Presents package. Out of these specials, 65% included host(s) who identified as a woman and 50% included host(s) self-identified as BIPOC.
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APM Presents: News & Talk
Timely news programming tackling the biggest questions of our time
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Searching for Providers of Color
One hour
Broadcast Window: October 10, 2022 - December 10, 2022
From Call to Mind, “Searching for Providers of Color” explores how race, culture and language affect how people perceive and experience mental health conditions – and shares the experiences of BIPOC people looking for effective care.
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WNYC Presents: 100 Years of the BBC
One hour
Broadcast Window: October 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Join Alison Stewart, host of WNYC’s live daily arts and culture show, All Of It, for a special hour-long program exploring the history of the BBC. Listeners will hear sound from reporters on the beaches during D-Day, Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, the rise of the Beatles, and popular BBC radio and television programs of the past – as well as a glimpse of the broadcaster behind the scenes through oral histories from producers who worked at the organization.
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The One Recipe Holiday Special
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Join host Jesse Sparks for a holiday edition of The Splendid Table’s newest “podbaby,” The One Recipe. Jesse talks to culinary superstars about their “One,” the recipe that signals the holiday has begun! They’ll get into traditions and food with influences from all over the world and leave you with recipes that could jumpstart your own festivities! It’s delicious eating all month long. Guests include chef, YouTube personality and best-selling author Carla Lalli Music; The New York Time’s food writer Eric Kim, author of Korean- American: Food That Tastes Like Home and more to come!
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Selected Shorts: Holidays with Mom
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Guest host Meg Wolitzer presents our holiday show--two stories about being home for the holidays and how you can count on your Mom to be there for you—and possibly to complicate things.
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APM Presents: Musical
Timely musical programming to delight and engage your audiences.
2022 Remembered from the Current
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 13, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Join The Current in honoring the life, music, and legacy of artists we lost this year with 2022 Remembered from The Current. This hour-long 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.Read more
Classical
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All is Bright
One hour
Broadcast Window: November 22, 2022 - December 31, 2022
All Is Bright is an hour of contemplative music related to the Christmas season and its symbolism. This program uses sacred choral music grouped in a way to tell the traditional Christmas story by way of songs about angels, the star, and the manger scene. Featured artists include Cambridge Singers, Cantus, and Chanticleer.
Encore from 2018
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Candles Burning Brightly
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 12, 2022 - December 31, 2022
A delightful hour for everyone to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights! Lots of music from Jewish communities around the world, plus a hilarious lesson on how to prepare a classic Chanukah dish, and a timeless and touching holiday story that brings light into every home.
Updated for 2022
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A Soulful Christmas
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
A Soulful Christmas is an uplifting, relevant display of Black music in the classical, gospel, spiritual, and jazz-inspired style. This special celebrates the non-idiomatic Black classical music, while exploring non-idiomatic choral traditions.
Encore from 2021
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Welcome Christmas
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
There’s no better way to welcome Christmas than Welcome Christmas!, the VocalEssence holiday concert conducted by Philip Brunelle. It’s an hour of joyful, classic holiday music from VocalEssence, one of the world’s premiere choral groups, singing traditional carols and new discoveries.
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A Chanticleer Christmas
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 13, 2022 - December 31, 2022
This one-hour program of holiday favorites, new and old, will be presented live in concert by Chanticleer, the superb 12-man ensemble known as "an orchestra of voices." Chanticleer is one of the premiere vocal ensembles in the nation. The ensemble has won two Grammys and is a member of the American Classical Music Hall of Fame.
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St Olaf Christmas Festival
Two hours
Broadcast Window: December 13, 2022 - December 31, 2022
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival is a chance for listeners across the country and around the world to participate in one of the nation’s most treasured holiday celebrations. Programming includes sacred choral and instrumental music from many traditions: beloved hymns, classical masterworks, folk songs from around the world, and African-American spirituals.
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Classical 24 Holiday Music
Various hours
Broadcast Window: December 23, 2022 - December 25, 2022
This year we are offering three days of holiday music programming from Classical 24 to all APM affiliates. From December 23 - 25, stations may take as many hours of the C24 livestream as they want to supplement their holiday programming. Existing carriage of Classical 24 is not required.
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A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Two hours
Broadcast Window: December 24, 2022 - December 25, 2022
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols presents your audience with an opportunity to share in a live, world-wide Christmas Eve broadcast of a service of Biblical readings, carols, and related seasonal Classical music. This special will be presented by one of the world’s foremost choirs of men and boys and performed in an acoustically and architecturally renowned venue, the 500-year-old Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, England.
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