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.
Docs and Specials from the BBC can be found here.
APM Presents: News & Talk
Timely news programming tackling the biggest questions of our time
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Munk Debates
Three one-hour long episodes
Broadcast Window: July 14, 2021 - October 31, 2021
Munk Debates brings together acclaimed thinkers around the world to tackle the big questions of our time. Since its launch, the Munk Debates have become the world’s leading debate series focusing on civil and substantive public conversation. These debates address questions about capitalism, religion and whether humanity's best days are still ahead of us.
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Windfall
One hour
Broadcast window: July 20, 2021 - December 31, 2021
The United States is poised for the birth of a massive, lucrative, and promising new industry: offshore wind energy. Windfall investigates the launch of this new American industry and how past failures define future success at a time when the government is poised to take real action on climate change.
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The Uncertain Hour
One hour
Broadcast Window: August 25, 2021 - October 31, 2021
In this one-hour special from Marketplace, the team from “The Uncertain Hour” explores the long history and controversial future of the gig economy by turning to a decidedly low-tech example: janitorial companies that rely on an army of independent contractors. They dive in to the story of one of these janitors, a man named Jerry Vazquez.
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In Deep: One City's Year of Climate Chaos
One hour
Broadcast Window: August 27, 2021 - November 30, 2021
In summer and fall of 2020, two hurricanes hit Lake Charles in short succession. That winter, the city was hobbled by an ice storm. Later, devastating flooding killed several people and left many stranded in their cars, fearing for their lives. This program puts these events into context through the lenses of climate change and equity.
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Unexplainable from Vox
One hour
Broadcast Window: October 1, 2021 - January 7, 2022
In an hour-long special, Vox's Unexplainable will explore some of the most exciting unanswered questions in physics.
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Uprooted: The 1950s plan to erase Indian Country
One hour
Broadcast Window: October 7, 2021 - November 30, 2021
This documentary presents the voices of people who survived a devastating plan to solve “the Indian problem.” In the 1950s, the U.S. government launched a campaign to assimilate Native Americans by eliminating reservations, terminating tribal governments, and persuading Native people to move to cities. The relocation program has received little coverage in the media, despite its enormous influence on the course of Native people’s lives. This documentary provides listeners a unique opportunity to hear the voices of Native people who lived through this era, and people still struggling to overcome its effects.
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Selected Shorts: Holiday Hurdles
One hour
Broadcast Window: November 24, 2021 - January 7, 2022
In Selected Shorts: Holiday Hurdles with David Sedaris, audiences are invited to reimagine holiday rituals.
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Turkey Confidential
Two hours
Broadcast Window: November 25, 2021
Turkey Confidential is The Splendid Table’s annual Thanksgiving show. Francis Lam takes calls and comes to the rescue of Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers, and inner guests during the biggest cooking day of the year. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the special may not be live - more details to come.
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BBC Witness History: World War Two in the Pacific
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Witness History brings you an hour of personal stories from the time.
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APM Presents: Musical
Timely musical programming to delight and engage your audiences.
From the Current
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2021 Remembered from the Current
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 13, 2021 - January 9, 2022
Join The Current in honoring the life, music, and legacy of artists we lost this year with 2021 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.
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Classical
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Wondrous Strange
One hour
Broadcast Window: September 15, 2021 - October 31, 2021
Whether it's the theremin, the octobass or the contrabass flute, this special will explore instruments that are off the beaten track and the musicians that play them. Audiences will hear commentary about the instruments along with music recordings that showcase their unique sound.
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Hollywood Halloween
One hour
Broadcast Window: October 1, 2021 - November 1, 2021
Hollywood Halloween is a scary collection of the best (and darkest) classical film scores, ranging from “Night on Bald Mountain” to the horror classic “Bride of Frankenstein” and its comic cousin “Young Frankenstein.” Join Lynne Warfel, host of APM’s Saturday Cinema and Flicks in Five, for a musical ride through popular film scores just right for Halloween.
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Every Good Thing
One hour
Broadcast Window: November 4, 2021 - November 30, 2021
On Thanksgiving, host Andrea Blain and classical music fans from all around the country take some time to give thanks and celebrate one of life's most meaningful gifts: music. It's "Every Good Thing" — an hour of stories and music to celebrate Thanksgiving.
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Giving Thanks
One hour or Two hours
Broadcast Window: November 4, 2021 - November 30, 2021
Giving Thanks sounds the way Thanksgiving feels: inviting, warm, and festive. It’s a contemporary, thoughtful celebration of the spirit of the holiday. Special guests Stanley Tucci and Naomi Shihab Nye join our Thanksgiving table, and music from Eric Whitacre, Bach, Copland and more complete the scene.
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All is Bright
One hour
Broadcast Window: November 23, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Hosted by Lynne Warfel, All Is Bright: Contemplative Music for Christmas presents one hour of gorgeous, 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: November 23, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Candles Burning Brightly is a one-hour celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights with an exploration of Chanukah foods and traditional activities … and plenty of music. Encore from 2020
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Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
The sounds of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square floated into many homes during the holidays in the '60s & '70s on Goodyear and Firestone albums, bringing lush renditions of favorite Christmas carols. Those warm memories and feelings come right back again in this holiday special. The choir continues its tradition of great artistry with touching arrangements of familiar carols, and surprises with lesser-known melodies that are fast becoming the new classics.
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Hollywood Holiday
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Lynne Warfel, host of Saturday Cinema, takes listeners on a one-hour musical retrospective of some of Hollywood's most cherished Christmas themed movies. Selections feature scores from “Scrooge, the Musical”, “A Muppet Christmas Carol”, “The Polar Express”, “It’s A Wonderful Life,” and more. Encore from 2018
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A Soulful Christmas
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
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. Guest details to be announced.
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Welcome Christmas
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Welcome Christmas is a perennial Christmas favorite from VocalEssence, one of the world’s premiere choral groups, conducted by Philip Brunelle. This program presents an hour of traditional carols and new discoveries, including the world premiere of two carols from the annual Christmas Carol Contest. Guest details to be announced.
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Hygge Holiday
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022
Join host Elena See for an hour-long program of nostalgic favorites for the winter season. Programming includes favorites from Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Debussy and Blake. Encore from 2019
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A Chanticleer Christmas
One hour
Broadcast Window: December 15, 2021 - December 31, 2021
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 15, 2021 - December 31, 2021
APM’s distribution of 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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A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Two hours
Broadcast Window: December 24, 2021 - December 25, 2021
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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