Daily Schedule

We’ll mark Martin Luther King Day by devoting our first hour to Leonard’s annual special of classic gospel music that was recorded during Martin Luther King’s lifetime. Today’s installment of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at the Clovis Spear Point. We’ll find out why the competition surrounding New York City’s Preschool Gifted and Talented Test is so fierce. Matilda Raffa Cuomo discusses editing a book of famous people’s recollections about the people who changed their lives; she’s joined by Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who talks about his mentors.

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

Sam Tanenhaus of The New York Times discusses the role of the Tea Party in the race and in today's government. Then, what the Broadway Triangle development tells us about how these pr...

Neil MacGregor's story takes him to the end of the Ice Age, as the first farmers created objects to consume new foods, venerate new gods and even take a new look at sex.

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Today, Soundcheck heads to the Greene Space to showcase two very different takes on American popular song. Tony Award winner and television actor Audra McDonald takes the stage with her “Porgy and Bess” co-star Norm Lewis to discuss her return to Broadway - and to perform favorites from the newly reworked American opera. Plus: Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten gives us a sneak preview of songs from her upcoming record, Tramp.

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.

Sample some music made with an electronic component on this New Sounds.  Hear chamber music with tape loops from New York-based composer Michael Montes.  His works take cues from Renaissance composer Josquin DePrez, Pink Floyd and Brian Eno.