Daily Schedule

On today’s show: Gerald Lordahl takes your questions on end-of-summer gardening! Then, internationally renowned public garden designer Lynden Miller talks about ways to beautify the urban landscape. Also, director Lixin Fan discusses "Last Train Home," about how China’s ascendance as an economic superpower has affected family life. And Underreported examines how hurricane science has changed since Katrina. Plus, our latest Backstory segment looks at how the Citizens United ruling is shaping the 2010 elections.

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

Economists break down the latest monthly job numbers. Plus: the public advocate’s new landlord wall of shame, and NY State Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and his Democratic challenger Gustavo Rivera.

NASA recently launched an Original Wake-Up Song Contest. The winning entry will be beamed up to the Endeavour during the final shuttle flight. Today: hear about the contest and the use of wake-up music on space missions.

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.

Paris-based musician and composer Rhys Chatham once played a central role in the development of New York’s downtown music scene with a series of works for LOUD electric guitar.  Now he‘s best-known most recently for high profile productions of his rugged noise symphonies written for hundreds of softly played electric guitars (and basses.)