Daily Schedule

Miles O’Brien fills in for Leonard Lopate. On today’s show: The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg tells us about his exclusive interview with Fidel Castro! Also, legendary documentary filmmaking team D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus talk about their film about the world of French dessert making, titled “Kings of Pastry.” Then, Tom McCarthy talks about his novel, C. Plus, our latest Underreported segments look at the problem illiteracy in Afghanistan poses for building up security forces there, and we’ll examine the situation Uighurs in China face a year after a major crackdown.

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

Handicapping the general election matchups in New York; the neuroscience of gender; and finding a new name for High Fructose Corn Syrup

This Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix. Today: how the guitarist and songwriter shaped music in the years after his death. Plus: the legacy of Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios. And: the Brooklyn-based band Common Prayer plays unusual guitars and drums made out of scrap metal. They join us for a live performance.

Tell us: How did Jimi Hendrix affect your life? Where is his influence felt in 2010? Leave a comment.

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, hear new music for large ensembles, sometimes with lots of brass, sometimes with an electric guitar.  We'll dig into the record "Infernal Machines" by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, which brings together the best of mid-century big bands and the minimalism of Steve Reich.  There's also music by John Hollenbeck & the Jazz Big Band Graz from Austria along with music by New Yorker Roy Nathanson and the Jazz Passengers.  Plus, music that looks to Ethiopia from the Either Orchestra, and more.