Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Public Radio has announced changes to its program schedule beginning the week of Monday, October 2. The most notably of these is the end of "Car Talk," which has been broadcasting as reruns on its usual Saturday time slot since 2012.
New Program: It’s Been A Minute — Saturdays at 10 am
'It's been a minute' is another way of saying 'let's catch up.' Host Sam Sanders will do just that every Saturday on NPR's new weekend program, It's Been a Minute. Sanders talks with journalists, newsmakers, and listeners about news, popular culture and the Internet. The program, which debuted as a podcast this summer, is an irreverent, casual space for listeners who don't know how to process the pace of current events, but can’t think about anything else.
As a key member of NPR's election unit, Sanders previously covered the intersection of culture, pop culture and politics in the 2016 election, and was one of the original co-hosts of the NPR Politics Podcast.
Farewell To Car Talk
The Best Of Car Talk is ending production at the end of September. The program has been a mainstay of public radio weekend programming for 30 years. In 2012, the original Car Talk stopped producing new episodes with the retirement of iconic hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Tom Magliozzi died in 2014 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. It’s Been A Minute will fill Car Talk’s time-slot at 10 a.m. on Saturdays.
“It’s bittersweet to say farewell to a beloved program like Car Talk, which has brought laughter and levity to our Saturday mornings for decades,” said Michelle Owens, manager of marketing & communications. “We think listeners will enjoy It’s Been A Minute. The show wraps up the week’s news in a way that feels more like you’re catching up with friends over breakfast than listening to a traditional news broadcast. Sam and his guests also cover music, movies, and pop culture, so listeners will come away feeling both smarter about what’s happening in the world and refreshed for the rest of their day.”
New Program: The New Yorker Radio Hour — Sundays at 11 a.m.
Host David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, is joined by the magazine's award-winning writers in a mix of profiles, storytelling and conversations about issues that matter, as well as bursts of humor from the magazine's Shouts and Murmurs page. VPR gave the program a test run over the summer and listeners resoundingly asked VPR to keep the program on the schedule.
New Time: Here & Now — Monday through Thursday 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson from WBUR in Boston, Here & Now features includes interviews with newsmakers, NPR reporters, editors and bloggers, innovators and artists from across the U.S. and around the globe. VPR is extending the program from one hour to two. Science Friday will remain on Friday afternoons at 2, so Here & Now will be one hour that day.
Source: VPR. A full rundown of schedule changes is available at VPR.net.