Daily Schedule

Double-blind clinical trials are the current medical standard, but could they be damaging the chances for patients in dire need of getting treatments? We’ll look at the potential dangers of relying on clinical trials that involve placebos. Graphic designer Bob Gill talks about his colorful career. Swedish crime thriller writers Arne Dahl, Anders Roslund, and Borge Hellstrom discuss their work and the growing popularity of Scandinavian mystery writing. Plus, Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, gives us a preview of a celebrated BBC series that we’ll be running on our show—The History of the World in 100 Objects!

Double-blind clinical trials are the current medical standard, but could they be damaging the chances for patients in dire need of getting treatments? We’ll look at the potential dangers of relying on clinical trials that involve placebos. Graphic designer Bob Gill talks about his colorful career. Swedish crime thriller writers Arne Dahl, Anders Roslund, and Borge Hellstrom discuss their work and the growing popularity of Scandinavian mystery writing. Plus, Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, gives us a preview of a celebrated BBC series that we’ll be running on our show—The History of the World in 100 Objects!

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Voters in New Hampshire cast their votes today in the first primary of the 2012 presidential race. Anna Sale, It’s a Free Country political reporter, and Josh Rogers, political report...

Neil MacGregor tells the story of two million years of our development through a hundred objects in the British Museum. We begin with the first that make us human.

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For more than 30 years, broadcasters have paid the price for things like wardrobe malfunctions and the seven dirty words. Now, a case before the Supreme Court could have a major impact on profanity during primetime. Today: the story behind FCC v. Fox Television Stations. Plus, a live performance from banjo player Jayme Stone.

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.

American sound-designer, film editor and composer, Matteo Marchisano-Adamo makes cinematic audio sculptures out of prepared piano and electronics from a collection of “Inventions.” We'll also hear electronic music based on the sounds of Indonesian gamelan by Gregory Taylor, and some rooted in sounds from Jamaica and Zimbabwe as well. That, and more on this New Sounds.