Daily Schedule

On today’s show, James O’Shea, former editor of the Los Angeles Times, tells us why he thinks Wall Street plundered America’s great newspapers. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer William Kennedy discusses his latest novel, Chango’s Beads and Two Tone Shoes. Jeanne Darst talks about her memoir, How Fiction Ruined My Family. And Steven Pinker explains about why he believes violence is actually on the decline and that we’re living in one of the most peaceful ages in human history.

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

Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and the anti-globalization movement’s seminal text, No Logo, talks about why she’s joined the Occupy Wall Street protests. Plus: WNYC reporte...

He's been called the "Edison of our age" - and his impact on the music world was profound. Today: We reflect on Steve Jobs' life and death with a look at his musical legacy. Plus: Pop’s mad scientist, Thomas Dolby, joins us with a new album, an interactive online game, and visions of a "Dieselpunk Dystopia." And: a live performance from New York collective Spottiswoode and His Enemies.

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.

From the New Sounds Live concerts at Merkin Hall, hear the second part of a program of new art songs, including works by Ed Pastorini and Gabriel Kahane , two gifted New York singer/pianists with an unusual approach to the song form.