Daily Schedule

Director Alexander Payne stops by to discuss his latest, critically acclaimed film, “The Descendants,” as well as his other films. For the first Leonard Lopate Show Book Club of 2012, Gary Shteyngart talks about his satirical novel, Absurdistan! We’ll kick off the BBC series, A History of the World in 100 Objects, with the Mummy of Hornedjitef! Plus, we’ll get a preview of the New Hampshire primary! Plus, NPR’s Mike Pesca and his two “Hang Up and Listen” collaborators talk about football.

Director Alexander Payne stops by to discuss his latest, critically acclaimed film, “The Descendants,” as well as his other films. For the first Leonard Lopate Show Book Club of 2012, Gary Shteyngart talks about his satirical novel, Absurdistan! We’ll kick off the BBC series, A History of the World in 100 Objects, with the Mummy of Hornedjitef! Plus, we’ll get a preview of the New Hampshire primary! Plus, NPR’s Mike Pesca and his two “Hang Up and Listen” collaborators talk about football.

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A look at the New Hampshire GOP primary results tell a story about demographics in those counties. Dante Chinni, Patchwork Nation director, explains. Then, Chairman John Rhea of the N...

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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Music elicits all kinds of emotional responses -- including those that make us cry. Today, grab a tissue, and tune in to hear why some music can draw tears, and why some people seek out music that's mournful. Plus, a live performance from The War on Drugs.

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.

For this New Sounds, listen to John Schaefer's completely personal and opinionated look at the ten best new music releases of 2011. There just might be music from folks working in Iceland, a producer/composer who makes soundscapes of plainchant laid over electronic sound grids, and something from an Irish composer.  Plus, a collaborative record from a Malian kora player and a trip-hop cellist, one from a MacArthur “Genius” Award, an-winning composer, and still another from an Argentinian producer.