Daily Schedule

We’ll look at the widely used Reid Technique of Interrogation and whether it can compel innocent people to confess to crimes they didn’t commit. Scott Adams explains how he went from hapless office worker to the creator of Dilbert, the comic strip all about hapless office workers. We’ll look at Barbara Stanwyck’s long career in film. And our Gurus of How-To, Al and Larry Ubell, will be taking your calls and questions about home repair and sharing tips to keep your home warm this winter.

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

Former Bloomberg spokesperson Stu Loeser and a range of experts take calls about Mayor Bloomberg’s impact on health, safety, inequality, and the future of New York. Plus: A look at why India has reversed its legal stance on homosexuality; and author Jennifer Michael Hecht on her new book, Stay, and the secular argument against suicide.

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: The British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe explains what's behind his new holiday album, Quality Street, and plays live in the Soundcheck studio.

Then, a looks at three versions of the surprise hit "Der Kommissar" that battled it out for chart supremacy as part of Soundcheck's ongoing series That Was A Hit?!?

Sample music from unusual dance scores on this New Sounds program.  Listen to music from the New York trio, Spanish Fly - consisting of slide trumpet player/composer Steven Bernstein, slide guitar mastermind Dave Tronzo and tuba genius Marcus Rojas- which draws on famous American folksongs. Some of that trio’s music was used for the production of “Fly by Night” by the San Francisco Ballet.