Daily Schedule

Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, fills us in on the upcoming season. Ivanka Trump talks about what she’s learned from her father, the Donald. And Karen Armstrong makes a case for God and explains why religion has been so important to people, from the Paleolithic age ...

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.

John Liu captured the Democratic nomination for New York City Comptroller, but still faces opposition on the November ballot from Republican Joe Mendola and Rent is Too High’s Salim Ejaz. 30 Issues in 30 Days continues with back-to-back interviews with all three candidates. Plus, highlights and analysis from ...

Billy Eckstine was not only the greatest jazz-crooning hit-maker of his era; he was also one of the first African American sex symbols and a bandleader who scouted Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Sarah Vaughan. We'll hear about his legacy and tragic story, the subject of a new book. And: ...

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.

Once the province of classical or “adult contemporary” singers, the orchestra is increasingly being heard backing up adventurous rockers. On this New Sounds program, we’ll hear Thomas Feiner, Bjork, David Sylvian, Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom, and Anne Ternheim, among others.

PROGRAM # 2840 “Orchestral Songs” (First aired ...