Daily Schedule

New Yorker staff writer Ariel Levy talks about how social media and online communities are changing how crimes are solved and prosecuted. We’ll look at the fossils of two dinosaurs locked in battle that were discovered in Montana in 2006 and are set to be auctioned to the highest bidder. Mark Slouka talks about his new novel, Brewster. Brenda Wineapple examines America in the mid-19th century, when people were settling the West and finding new freedom there, even as the country was fighting bitterly over slavery.

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

New York State raised standards on 3rd-8th grade exams and predictably, test scores sank. WNYC’s Beth Fertig explains why federal officials are happy with them and what this means for...

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

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.

In this episode: Long running metal band Megadeth recently released their fourteenth studio album, Super Collider. Frontman Dave Mustaine talks about the very personal themes on this new record -- and some surprising influences.

And: This week's Check Ahead is from the fierce rock/R&B band Barrence Whitfield And The Savages. Soundcheck producer Gretta Cohn talks with the group's singer about the band's new album, Dig Thy Savage Soul.

Also: Timo Andres is a young pianist/composer whose influences include Mozart and Brian Eno.  He'll play works by both of them, live in the studio.

Plus: More of your karaoke voicemails.

Listen to some devotional music on this New Sounds program by the late great Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.  Then, hear some songs by Arif Lohar, a hugely popular Pakistani singer whose music has lots of dance elements, but is also based on Sufi music.  Plus, hear more from the record, “Nagore Sessions,” music recorded at the Nagore Dargah, a South India temple complex where both Muslims and Hindus pray.  And more.