Daily Schedule

Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses his ground-breaking work on the connections between economics and psychology, and how the ways we treat our money might not be as rational as you think. The wonderful jazz pianist Marcus Roberts plays songs from his new Christmas album. Lidia Bastianich talks about the uniqueness of Italian-American food. Plus, Nation magazine editor Katrina vanden Heuvel explains the progressive movement’s complicated relationship with the Obama Administration.

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

Jay Newton-Small of Time Magazine discusses the failure of the supercommittee to reach 2013 budget recommendations and its immediate impact.  Plus: Steven Cook looks at the latest in...

In song lyrics, food metaphors can reference everything from gluttony to spiritual enlightenment. But when artists sing about candy, they’ve generally got one thing in mind. Today, our Eat to the Beat series continues with a salute to sexy, sugary songs. Plus: our conversation about food metaphors in music continues with a new barbecue-themed compilation album. And: A live performance from songwriter, composer and former Shudder To Think frontman Craig Wedren.

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.

All sorts of different ensembles will play with our expectations of the "orchestra," for this New Sounds program, including Alexander Berne & the Abandoned Orchestra, where the traditional orchestral instruments have been abandoned and Berne invented his own.  There's also music from the Asphalt Orchestra, a 12-piece guerrilla marching band whose spectacular antics, omnivorous repertoire, and brave arrangements invade streets via an exuberant new music parade.