Daily Schedule

Harvey Araton reminds us of the glory days of the New York Knicks—in the 1960s and 1970s. Actress Jane Powell joins TCM host Robert Osborne to talk about Hollywood’s golden era. Nathan Myhrvold discusses compiling Modernist Cuisine, a 6-volume collection on the revolutions in the science of cooking. Jeffrey Sachs talks about the clearing out of Zuccotti Park means for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Plus, biographer Mary Gabriel tells us about Karl Marx’s marriage.

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

As the sex-abuse case at Penn State continues to cast a shadow over the school, New York Times columnist Joe Nocera discusses what this case means for putting college football in pe...

Sun Studio in Memphis was the recording home of early rock greats like Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins. Today: Musician Chris Isaak talks about his pilgrimage to the famous studio… and the album that resulted, called “Beyond the Sun.” Plus: A live performance from British rock band The Kooks.

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 program, instead of the high road, New Sounds takes the road to ruin. We'll hear music by Ross Bolleter for ruined piano, which the World Association for Ruined Piano Studies (WARPS) defines as "A piano [which] has been abandoned to all weathers, say on a sheep station or tennis court, with the result that few or none of its notes sound like that of an even-tempered uptight piano."