Daily Schedule

Historian and former New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan—the man Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to—discusses the recent publication of the “Afghan War Logs” on Wikileaks. Ashley Judd discusses playing a woman suffering from chronic suicidal depression in the movie “Helen.” Ted Mooney talks about his novel, The Same River Twice. Plus, Jeffrey Toobin explains Senator Chuck Schumer’s near-silence about the financial reform bill that was recently passed.

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

The Obama agenda is making both the right and the left angry. Why is it so polarizing?  Plus, economic leadership in a down economy; this is your brain on internet; strong black women...

We all know Motown and Bob Seger, but what about Detroit’s nearly forgotten rock scene? We’ll explore the history of garage rock, punk, blues and soul from the Motor City. Also: live music from singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne and his band The Pariah Dogs.

 

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.

It's the most wonderful time of the month!  For this program, John Schaefer presents the pick of the piles.  What we can see from here includes some Bosnian vocal music accompanied by accordion, Balkan brass band music originally from Macedonia, and Poland's Motion Trio (three accordions worth!) playing music by Michael Nyman.