Daily Schedule

On today’s show: Mark Hilan, former host of Morning Edition on WNYC and New York Times business editor Larry Ingrassia, who was working for the Wall Street Journal at the time, compare notes on how they handled reporting on 9/11, on a personal and professional level. Then, our latest Underappreciated segment looks at Ann Petry’s 1946 novel The Street. We’ll take a look at the French biopic, “Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life.” Plus, Richard White tells us how the transcontinental railroads shaped modern America.

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

Radio Rookies Norhan Basuni and Brendan Illis speak with Clifford Chanin, education director at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, about the meaning of September 11th for young New Yorkers...

Early in his career, Lenny Kravitz wrote about curbside discrimination on New York streets in the song “Mr. Cab Driver.” Today: The Grammy Award-winning musician joins us to talk about racism leveled at President Obama, addressed in the title track of his new album, “Black and White America."  Plus: New York's Opera Omnia brings us their take on the most popular opera of the 17th century, Giasone.

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.

Experience the collaborative strains of a father-son flamenco guitar and cello duo on this New Sounds.  Begun in France, and finished in Brooklyn (with guitarist for The National and creator of Clogs, Bryce Dessner, producing the record), the focus for these works was on improvisation after deciding not to use the demos.