Daily Schedule

Joel Meyerowitz was the only professional photographer granted entry to Ground Zero. On today’s show, he discusses recording the recovery efforts after 9/11. We’ll also hear one woman’s story of recovering after flames from the World Trade Center burned 80 percent of her body. Alexandra Styron talks about growing up the daughter of the brilliant and tormented writer, William Styron. Plus, we’ll take a look at how architecture has changed in the last decade.

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

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times and Michael Mandelbaum of Johns Hopkins University are co-authors of That Used To Be Us, and discuss how the U.S. can face new challenges. Plu...

Today, we listen back to our April conversation with minimalist composer Steve Reich, when he discussed his piece “WTC 9/11.” Then classical music critic Anne Midgette of the Washington Post talks about about the controversy surrounding the initial cover for Reich’s album release of the work. Plus: José Cónde and his Nu Latin Groove perform live in our studio.

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, sample some of Regina Carter’s "Reverse Thread," a record influenced by rhythms and melodies of Africa. She funded the project herself, thanks to her "Genius" award, traveling through West and East Africa, along with Madagascar. Listen as she arranges music by Malian guitarist Boubacar Traoré and another Malian guitarist, Habib Koite.