Daily Schedule

Director John Landis, of Animal House and Blues Brothers fame, talks about movie monsters and the retrospective of his work at BAM. Mark Madoff’s widow Stephanie Madoff Mack opens up about her very public tragedy. We’ll find out about the lives of a prominent Jewish family of art patrons in turn of the century Vienna. Plus, our resident word-maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls about our confusing English language.

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

The Occupy Wall Street movement is two months old today. Activist, anthropologist, and author David Graeber discusses his involvement in the genesis of the movement and its future. Pl...

British pop star Adele recently had surgery on her vocal cords – and she’s not the only major music figure to undergo a high-stakes procedure this year. Today, we find out why so many singers have gone under the knife, and hear about best practices for vocal health. Plus, a live performance from New York rock band Caveman.

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 take a listen to the symphonic suite by Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason, "Solaris."  The international Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative's music protégé for 2010-2011, Frost, (mentored by none other than Brian Eno) joins us in the studio to present the reimagined soundtrack for the 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky film.