Daily Schedule

Guest host Mike Pesca fills in for Leonard Lopate. He’ll speak with magician and atheist Penn Jillette about on his latest collection of essays. Then, we'll find out how Joe Hill became one of the most venerated martyrs of organized labor after he was convicted of murder in Utah and sentenced to death by firing squad in 1914. James Beard Award-winning writer Jon Reiner tells about his battle with a gastroinestinal disease that forced him to take all his nutrition intravenously. Plus our latest Backstory segments.

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

President Obama’s jobs plan is taking heat even from his own party. Hear why. Plus: New York City is getting a bike share program; an analysis of Iran President Ahmadinejad's power; a...

Primetime television returns in full swing next week, with the premieres of both new and returning shows on all of the major networks. Today: What to expect musically out of this fall’s TV lineup. Plus: The story of a devastating 1940 fire at The Rhythm Club in Natchez, Mississippi – and the music it inspired. And: Singer-songwriter and electric guitarist Annie Clark performs as St. Vincent. She joins us to play songs from “Strange Mercy,” a new album out this week.

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.

Nearly ten years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, one of the longest wars in US history has taken its toll on Afghans and Americans alike. Thousands of lives have been lost, and millions of lives have been touched. On the anniversary of 9/11, and with the US troop drawdown ...