Daily Schedule

Today we're airing some of our favorite interviews from the summer. Historian William Jelani Cobb looks at how Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination without the support of much of the established black leadership. He argues that the term "postracial" is inaccurate. Then, one man discusses the struggles he and his estranged cousin went through in order to get a kidney transplant. Also, Vendela Vida talks about her new novel, The Lovers. Plus, New Yorker editor David Remnick and longtime writer Roger Angell discuss the art of sports writing.

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

Gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio reflects on his campaign. Plus: the new WNYC politics site, NYT vs WSJ, and covering the financial meltdown.

Last year, jazz fans celebrated the 50^th anniversary of Miles Davis’s masterpiece, Kind of Blue. This year marks the 40^th anniversary of his fusion classic, Bitches Brew. But Miles Davis fans remain divided over which album has been the more influential. It's Blue versus Brew in this week’s Soundcheck Smackdown. And later: Live music from the Franco-Finnish indie pop duo The Dø.

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 edition of New Sounds, listen to some of the 2010 highlights from the annual new music extravaganza, recorded live at the World Financial Center.  We'll hear a work for percussion and 1-bit electronics from New York-based Tristan Perich, who combines math and physics with acoustic and electronic music for elegant and austere results.  That, and more.