Daily Schedule

We look into how genetically modified crops and high yields have affected our food supply in recent years. Then, retired opera singer Martina Arroyo looks back at her long distinguished career and discusses her foundation’s program for young singers. Also, a new novel about a woman who discovers a secret side of her father after his death. Plus, an update on the efforts to rebuild Haiti, six months after the devastating earthquake there. And, on Underreported, a look at what happened in the aftermath of an explosion at a BP refinery in Texas in 2005.

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

Princeton’s Paul Starr comments on the recess appointment of Donald Berwick to head Medicare and Medicaid.  Plus, why are parents so unhappy?

Spain and The Netherlands battle it out in Sunday's World Cup Final – two countries with distinct musical traditions. Today, we look at the music of the World Cup finalists, from Spanish flamenco to Dutch pop. Also, Brooklyn Rider, a string quartet known for its own globe-trotting, takes on the classical tradition.

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.

From the New Sounds Live concerts at Merkin Hall, the Bang On A Can All-Stars play a new work by Kate Moore, and sonic explorations at either end of the volume spectrum, from the soft, almost subliminal acoustics of Alvin Lucier.