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Guided by Bobby Jackson, jazz aficionado and 25-year broadcaster, Roots of Smooth goes deep into the musicology of smooth jazz, and its relationship to other music.

With host Jamal Ahmad, The Soul of Jazz combines the best in classic and contemporary soul/jazz, international rhythms, dance music and other genre-bending styles.

Plays staged before a live audience in an audio-friendly format, L.A. Theatre Works is the world’s leading producer of audio theatre.

Hosted by former New York Times Ethicist Columnist Randy Cohen, PPT features guests who talk about a person, a place and a thing they find meaningful.

The Soul Show is a progressive music adventure into soul music, its origins, and its derivatives. It’s a weekly three-hour show that covers upwards of five decades of music each week.

Return to the Source provides the polished presentation and insightful selections in a straight-ahead jazz show — and more. Host Doug Turner, a 25-year aficionado, makes the classics refreshing through his creative selections. He seems to know all the best tunes by all the great artists.

My World of Music, hosted by Singer-Songwriter Walt Richardson, has a strong Caribbean, African, Latin base, with blues, folk, Asian and Middle Eastern sounds mixed in throughout.

Nuala McGovern is a leading presenter on the BBC World Service of real-time news. BBC OS, live from London, gives a vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.

Hosted by Michael Barbaro and powered by The New York Times’ newsroom, The Daily brings listeners the biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world.