Daily Schedule

Horticulturist Gerard Lordahl joins us for our final Summer Stuff segment. He’ll tell us how to take care of your plants and how to clean up your storm-damaged gardens. New Yorker staff writer Tad Friend talks about the controversial measures the city of Costa Mesa, California, is taking to close its budget deficit. Filmmakers Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega discuss their documentary “Better This World,” about two teenagers who fall under the sway of a charismatic revolutionary. Plus, we’ll find out about the life of America’s legendary defense attorney Clarence Darrow.

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

Today, writer Jonathan Safran Foer joins his brother Franklin Foer, editor-at-large for The New Republic, in a conversation about the decade after the September 11th attacks.  Plu...

Tom Morello is best known as the Grammy-winning guitarist from the band Rage Against The Machine. But, he’s also a singer, songwriter, and now, author of a comic book. Today, Morello drops by talk about his solo project, The Nightwatchman  -- and he plays live. Plus: Sean Lennon discusses the legacy of the bad boy of French pop, Serge Gainsbourg.

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.

Fresh from the shrinkwrap, the internet, and live burial on John Schaefer's desk, it's this month's new releases!  However we might have tracked these down, we can assure you that these are the pick of the piles, things that might live up to the blog/media hype, and the newest, weirdest, most appealing music you might hear all month.