Daily Schedule

On today’s show: We’ll find out how professionals from insurance inspectors to scientists have become disaster experts, and how much they can really do to protect us from disaster. Paul Lioy explains what was in the dust that rained down after the World Trade Center collapsed. Tom Perrotta discusses his latest novel, The Leftovers, about those left behind after the Rapture. And Nadine Strossen, former head of the ACLU, looks at how civil liberties have changed in the decade since 9/11.

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

Hear analysis of President Obama’s big jobs speech last night from It’s a Free Country’s political reporter Anna Sale and WNYC’s business and economics editor Charlie Herman. Plus: Th...

In preparation for the ten year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, WNYC and WQXR asked listeners and guests what music they would like to hear as they think about that day and the years that followed. Today: We preview your suggestions in anticipation of Sunday's on-air special called "Measuring Time." And: Alt-country rocker Ryan Adams plays his hit "New York, New York," and reflects on its post-9/11 meaning. Plus: A live performance from folk singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler.

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.

Listen to songs by the multi-talented singer-songwriter/pianist/composers Gabriel Kahane and Ed Pastorini for this New Sounds. We'll also hear from Lee Feldman along with music by Elizabeth Ziman of Elizabeth & the Catapult. Plus, music from Antony & the Johnsons and Tin Hat.