Daily Schedule

On today’s show: We’ll look at the ways in which the devastating 2010 Haitian earthquake was an unnatural disaster—and at the profound economic and social injustices that made the disaster much worse. Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan takes your questions about her novel Look at Me, this month’s selection on our Book Club! The directors of the documentary "Mann v. Ford," tell us about a long-neglected environmental disaster in New Jersey. Our latest Backstory segment is about the cultural evolution of the gay bar. Plus, we’ll get an update on the political situation in Egypt.

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

WNYC business and economics editor Charlie Herman and economist Diane Swonk discuss the national and global implications of the uncertainty in Washington. Plus: NYC Councilman David G...

Television theme songs have changed a lot since the days of the Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island. Today, we look at the evolution of primetime’s opening credits…and hear this year’s Emmy nominees for tv’s best theme songs. Plus, we bring you another musical Blind Date with an artist you’ve probably never met. It’s possible… you could find true love!

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, we'll hear "ReWriting Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony" by Michael Gordon, along with music from Uri Caine where he takes on Mahler - "Urlicht/Primal Light."  Plus, hear Mary Jane Leach's "Bruckstuck," and more.