Daily Schedule

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews talks about his biography of John F. Kennedy, who he calls an elusive hero. Daniel Eagan discusses the 50 newest additions to the National Film Registry. The Daily Show’s resident expert, John Hodgman, talks about That Is All, the final installment of his trilogy: Complete World Knowledge. Plus, we’ll take a look at the science of waiting on lines, and we’ll take your calls on the hazards and strategies you have for shopping during the holiday season.

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

New Jersey Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ-5) weighs in on the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits extensions—and other unfinished business in Washington. Plus: a conversati...

Simon Cowell’s reality competition, “X Factor,” wraps up its inaugural season here in the U.S. next week. We’ll assess how the show – and its singing contestants – stack up to “American Idol.” Plus: A live performance from English folksinger Laura Marling. And, three must-hear new releases in our Pick Three series.

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.

London-based composer and vocalist Donna McKevitt makes a return visit to the New Sounds studio for this edition of the program.  When she was last on the show in the 1990's, it was with her settings of poetry of the late Derek Jarman, "Translucence."  McKevitt performs her settings of poetry by Maya Angelou for us in a trio setting, with trumpeter Lew Soloff and double bassist Francois Mouton.