Daily Schedule

Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan describe what previously classified records and transcripts tell us about the circumstances of 9/11 and the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. Then, our Summer Stuff series continues with Saveur editor-in-chief James Oseland and a look at picnic foods that taste good and can survive the heat. Chris Adrian discusses his latest novel, The Great Night. The European Council met today to discuss the European debt crisis, and on Backstory, we’ll look at the problems in the Eurozone. Plus on Underreported, find out why red tape is preventing the United States from sending food aid to famine-afflicted Somalia.

Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

Peter Waldman of Bloomberg News discusses his investigation into for-profit hospice care. Plus: Sam Schwartz on strategies for avoiding tolls; what works at the negotiating table; a...

Sufjan Stevens has transformed a frustrating stretch of asphalt (the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) and two entire states (Michigan and Illinois) into delicate and beautiful compositions. Today: The Brooklyn-based musician joins us to perform live and discuss his latest album, “The Age of Adz.”

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

Listen to groups that mix and match freely from many of the world’s different musical traditions on this New Sounds. There's pan-cultural music by Iceland’s Bardukha, who mix Balkan and Klezmer and from New York’s Tribecastan, who sound something like Arabic jazz-folk music. Plus London’s 3 Mustaphas 3, Israel’s Balkan Beat Box, and more.