Daily Schedule

Today we’ll look at how the American and Chinese economies have become one fused, co-dependent system. Then, celebrity chef David Chang talks about his first cookbook, Momofuku. And we’ll look at the life of conductor Valery Gergiev with Academy Award-winning director Allan Miller. Plus, we’ll examine how young Americans ...

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

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

It’s the first Tuesday in November, and it’s time for your voting stories and the traditional informal, unofficial, thoroughly unscientific Brian Lehrer Show exit poll. Plus, the latest analysis on not just New Jersey and New York City contests, but important races in upstate New York, Maine, Virginia, and elsewhere. ...

While music has often been used as a rallying cry by musicians and politicians alike, last year's presidential election saw the musical community organize in new and compelling ways around a variety of social, political, and religious issues. On this Election Day Smackdown, we debate the role and impact that ...

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.

The ancient harp/lute of the griots (the traditional storyteller/historian/musicians) of West Africa is now a thoroughly contemporary and global instrument, used by rockers like Björk, in film scores, and elsewhere. We’ll hear from Mamadou Diabate, from his own solo record and his collaborations with Irish singer Susan McKeown and jazz ...