On today’s show: Dr. Robin Zasio of the A & E show Hoarders offers tips on how to declutter your life. WNYC’s Sara Fishko talks about the cultural importance of the year 1913, when cubism came to America and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring debuted. Timothy Egan tells the story behind some of the most dramatic pictures in Native American history. Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor discuss the current state of Affirmative Action, from who’s benefiting under it to who might not be.

Morning Edition is your perfect morning companion: gentle, but straightforward, explaining the vagaries of international diplomacy, reporting weather and even recommending the best film in town.

ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper talks about his reporting on a combat outpost in Afghanistan, as well as what the Petraeus scandal tell us about leadership there. Plus: New York City Councilman Domenic Recchia discussing the ongoing crisis in Coney Island and his district; Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer on the recovery there; and Penn Jilette, half of the magician/comedy duo Penn & Teller, on atheism and politics.

Fresh Air is one of the most popular programs on public radio, breaking the "talk show" mold, and Gross is known for her fearless and insightful interviews with prominent figures in American arts, politics, and popular culture.

Reporters scour the globe for the most direct and compelling information, from the spread of AIDS in India to the inexplicable fluctuations of the Brazilian economy.

Reporters scour the globe for the most direct and compelling information, from the spread of AIDS in India to the inexplicable fluctuations of the Brazilian economy.

The second installment of our Free To Be... You And Me series. Indie duo Two Gallants performs songs from its latest release The Bloom And The Blight in the studio. And, a new study shows that music lessons have an impact on the brain, well into adulthood. 

For this New Sounds program, there’s an hour of world music.  Listen to tricky rhythms but a great groove in music by the global outfit Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures, which is made up of jazzers and North African musicians alike, exploring all the world’s instruments.  Also, hear world trance dance-fusion music by Christopher Stowens, built around Indian and Pakistani sources.  Plus, “Village Voices” from “Pulse: a Stomp Odyssey,” and more.