Daily Schedule

We’ll get two takes on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner—from The New Yorker’s John Cassidy and The Atlantic’s Joshua Green. Then, Elif Batuman talks about the great Russian novelists...and the people who read them. And Paddy Moloney, leader of The Chieftains, the most popular traditional Irish music group in the world, ...

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

Drastic cuts and structural overhauls may be in the future for states with troubled finances. New York’s Lt. Governor Richard Ravitch talks about his proposed plan to reshape the state’s budget process. And Jon Shure, from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, gives us an update on state budget ...

As the South By Southwest music bacchanal starts in Austin this week, we debate the proliferation of bands in the digital age -- and whether music fans are simply overwhelmed by choices. Also: globe-trotting vocalist and composer Gaida joins us in studio for a live performance.

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.

For this New Sounds, English progressive-folk musician Jim Moray performs in our studio. Moray promises to take us on a folk adventure, riding the wave of the English folk resurgence, via guitar and piano. Also, listen to re-imagined folk songs from the Imaginary Village collection and Irish repertoire with Afro-Brazilian ...