Daily Schedule

Longtime foreign correspondent Edward Girardet talks about covering three decades of war in Afghanistan and looks at the troubled and complicated relationship between Afghanistan and the West. We’ll find out how the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council is remembering 9/11. Julie Otsuka talks about her new novel, The Buddha in the Attic, about Japanese picture brides brought to this country in the early 20th century. And novelists Julia Glass, Colum McCann, and Joseph O’Neill discuss dealing with 9/11 in fiction.

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

Reihan Salam of the National Review discusses last night’s GOP Presidential debate. Plus: NY State Senator Eric Adams, a former NYPD captain, talks about the rash of gun violence ove...

Less than a year after the September 11 attacks, Bruce Springsteen released his album “The Rising.” It was powerful and popular – and, it was full of hope. Today, New York Times film critic A.O. Scott joins us for a look back at this tribute to sacrifice and redemption. Plus: A live performance from jazz pianist and composer Geri Allen. 

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.

President Obama will address a joint session of Congress to talk about the economy and his jobs creation plan. NPR's Michelle Norris hosts.

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.

New York-based composer David Lang visits the WNYC studio for this edition of New Sounds.  We'll hear his Pultizer Prize-winning piece "The Little Match Girl Passion," and other recent recordings.