Daily Schedule

Investigative journalist Eliza Griswold looks at the geographical and ideological lines where Christianity and Islam collide. Linda Leaming talks about her travels in South Asia. We’ll hear about Blanche, Augustine, and Geneviève, three young women labeled hysterics who shaped our early notions of psychology. Plus, Charles Mann discusses his new book 1493, about the Columbian Exchange, which he calls one of the most momentous biological events since the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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

The Federal Reserve promised to keep interest rates super low at least thru mid-2013—but does that change anything for you and your financial decisions? Plus: whether governments shou...

Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins have both recently released debut solo albums. But, some critics think these Oscar winners should keep their day jobs. Today, we throw both actor-albums into the ring for a Smackdown. Plus: a performance from Steven Wilson, founder of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree.

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, there’s music at the juncture of composed music, ambient and modern electronica, including a work by Annie Gosfield, for bits and pieces of metal.  From her “Flying Sparks And Heavy Machinery” release, we’ll hear driving machine samples, layers of ambient noise, crashing metal and electronic blips assembled into a nearly pulsing dance-y musical journey through a working factory.