Daily Schedule

We're starting the show with Please Explain today, and a look at the inner lives of dogs and what we know about how they perceive the world.  Then, the director of "Where Soldiers Come From" and two soldiers featured in the documentary talk about joining the military, going to war, then returning to civilian life. And restaurateurs Drew Nieporent, Michael Lomonaco, and David Bouley discuss the restaurant scene in downtown Manhattan after 9/11. Plus, poet Marie Ponsot explains why poetry help us through difficult times.

NPR’s Scott Simon reports on the world’s top news, features and entertainment to your Saturday morning. 

The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.

Ten years after 9/11, we are still trying to make sense of that day and its consequences. Kurt Andersen visits the new national 9/11 memorial with its architect, Michael Arad. Steve...

Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.

ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio. 

The tape itself was disintegrating, and Basinski allowed the loops to play continuously while he recorded them digitally, capturing the process of the music’s demise.