Daily Schedule

On today’s show, Bill McKibben talks about how we can deal with the challenges of an already warming planet. Then, Alice Walker gives a first-hand account of the devastation she’s seen in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and the Gaza Strip. Historian Hugh Ambrose talks about the companion book he wrote to ...

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

Adrian Benepe, the New York City Parks Commissioner, has plans to generate income from parts of the New York park system.  Plus, ads on Twitter; how to cool the planet through geoengineering; and a close look at the evolution of U.S. nuclear policy.

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Dentists are adding a new device to their arsenal of tools: the iPod. Today: how dentists are using music to comfort patients and create a welcoming environment. Later: fiddler Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill have been in the vanguard of the Irish music scene since the 1980s. They join ...

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.

This New Sounds program presents music from the Near East, including works from Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Israel. Bassist Jim Guttmann, (anchor man in the Klezmer Conservatory Band,) leads his own ensemble which branches out intriguingly into jazz, funk, and world music. From Guttmann’s brand new recording “Bessarabian Breakdown,” we’ll ...