Daily Schedule

Nobel laureate Michael Spence and Matthew Bishop, The Economist’s U.S. business correspondent and New York bureau chief, look at the current state of the global job market. We’ll take a peek at Eve Sussman’s unique film installation that can run forever without ever repeating itself. Andy Borowitz explains the challenge of choosing who to include in an anthology of the 50 funniest American writers. On Backstory, we’ll look at the life of the elusive CIA chief William Colby. And we’ll look at why Slovakia voted to reject the plan to address the Eurozone’s debt problems.

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

Arun Venugopal, WNYC reporter, explains how Occupy Wall Street protestors are organizing meals, showers and bathroom trips in addition to the movement itself. Plus: a discussion of...

For decades, hip hop has been the heartbeat for social change in the US and Europe. More recently, its become the soundtrack to the Arab Spring. Today, we discuss the role music has played in the movements in North Africa and the Middle East - and we'll hear a Libyan-American rapper, Khaled M, perform live. Plus: we head out of the Arab world and over to Central Asia, where we get a glimpse of Afghanistan's first rock music festival in decades.

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.

We will listen to music written as dance music but played on acoustic instruments, including covers and also acoustic music that delivers an electronic feel. Listen for Alarm Will Sound, Nik Bartsch/Ronin, Francesco Tristano, and much, much more.