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On today’s show: Michael Sovern describes serving as president of Columbia University throughout the 1980s and into the 90s, helping to turn the university  around after the student unrest of 1968. Hattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan talk about starring in BAM’s production of “A Doll’s House.” We’ll find out why hospitals still don’t have a systematic approach to diagnosing PTSD in civilians. Robert  Wagner looks back at Hollywood’s Golden Age—the stars, the parties, and the movie business he was a part of in the 1940s and 50s.

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

The search for the new city parks commissioner is ongoing. New York Magazine’s Chris Smith explains why it’s complicated. Then: New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli talks about this year's Wall Street bonuses and a new report that shows New Yorkers spend too much on housing. Plus: author and Bloomberg News reporter Bob Ivry on his new book, The Seven Sins of Wall Street; an investigation into irregularities at Mount Sinai Hospital; and a check-in on the city’s pilot program for composting as it prepares to expand this spring. 

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

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.

In this episode: The concept of “teenage” -- that angsty, pubescent and glorious time between childhood and adulthood -- didn’t really even exist until the 20th century. Matt Wolf, director of a new documentary that explores the advent of the term, delves into the earliest examples of movements defined by teenagers -- and why music often played a defining role.

Then: Young Chicago band The Orwells are known for its unpredictable live performances, something they even brought to a recent appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman. The band plays a thrashy and raucous (and fully clothed and upright) set in the Soundcheck studio.

And: Author Hisham Aidi discusses new book Rebel Music, which explores the embrace of music, particularly hip hop, by Muslim youths worldwide.

For this New Sounds, listen to music from the founding composers of New York’s Bang on a Can organization: David Lang, Michael Gordon, and Julia Wolfe.  Since 1987, this collective has been a force in new music, commissioning works from new composers, presenting and recording new work, and educating and developing new musicians.  Hear music recorded at the 2009 Bang on a Can Marathon by co-founder Julia Wolfe, featuring two ensembles from Denmark. It’s “Thirst,” part of larger, collective work by all three founding composers,“Water,” which is a “meditation on the poetry of water, what it means to have it, how we misuse it and how we struggle for it.”