Daily Schedule

Vanity Fair contributing editors Bryan Burrough, William D. Cohan, and Bethany McLean fill us in on Jon Corzine’s many
professional—and personal—tribulations. Humorist Dave Barry discusses collaborating with Alan Zweibel to write the new novel, Lunatics. Today’s installment of the BBC series A History of the World in 100 Objects looks at an Olduvai stone chipping tool! Plus, the gurus-of-how-to Al & Larry Ubell stop by to answer your home-repair questions!

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

Private equity firms are in the news because of Mitt Romney’s former role at Bain Capital. Peter Lattman, Dealbook reporter for the New York Times discusses what private equity firms ...

Neil MacGregor tells the story of two million years of our development through a hundred objects in the British Museum. We begin with the first that make us human.

Read more about the Olduvai Handaxe.

It’s baby’s first playlist. Thanks to portable music players like the iPod, it’s easier than ever to create a soundtrack for childbirth. Today: music for labor and delivery. Plus: A live performance from jazz bassist Ben Allison.

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.

Here's the rebuttal to last night’s program where the listeners weigh in on the best new music releases of 2011. Thanks to all who voted! There were a few well-waged social media campaigns and other online calls-to-action. However, there is a clear front-runner, with some unexpected and some predictable results.  The voting closed at noon today.  Tonight's 27th 26th(?) annual New Sounds Listener Poll show will contain the music that emerged victorious from this year's contest.