Daily Schedule

On tomorrow’s show, New Yorker staff writer George Packer talks about how Amazon has transformed the world of publishing and how it’s now taking on Hollywood. Director Stephanie Riggs on the new documentary, “The Standbys,” about the lives and careers of the Broadway understudies. And we’ll be joined by Ben Crawford and Alena Watters, who are featured in the film. Kurt Timmermeister brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “farm-to-table,” and he tells the story of one meal, made using only ingredients grown on his Washington State farm.

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

New York City Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty has had a busy winter. He talks about the challenges his department faces removing snow and garbage from snowy and icy streets. Plus: New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney explains his plan for a ‘Sandy Bill of Rights;’ Slate’s Emily Bazelon rounds up current Supreme Court issues as well as her latest reporting on bully culture and an explanation of how Olympic athletes manage to cover their very expensive costs. 

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: Today marks the 30th anniversary of the self-titled debut from the English post-punk band The Smiths. Music biographer Tony Fletcher helps us mark the occasion with a deep-dive into the album that produced "Hand in Glove," among other classics.

Then, put on your reading glasses and join the Soundcheck staff as we embark on a journey that might just change our lives. Over the next four weeks, we’ll read Morrissey’s autobiography together and chat about it online and on the show.

Plus: After achieving pop perfection with the Swedish group The Cardigans, frontwoman Nina Persson decamped to A Camp, a band formed with her husband, Nathan Larson of Shudder to Think. Now, Persson is set to release her solo debut, Animal Heart. Hear her performs songs from it in the Soundcheck studio.

And, a look at Tom Wilson, the "greatest producer you've never heard of" who helped launch Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Simon and Garfunkel and Frank Zappa.

For this New Sounds program, hear musical works that begin with a percussive idea, maybe even a traditional one, but then end up someplace else. Listen to a work by drummer/composer Dosh (probably better known as Andrew Bird’s collaborator for the past many years), who is also a multi-instrumentalist and a looper, besides.  From his 2013 release, “Milk Money,” sample a bit of the expansive, pulsing layers of keyboard, vocal samples, and drums on Dosh’s “Legos (for Terry).” There’s also tropical jazz pop from the Danish artist Frisk Frugt (aka Anders Lauge Meldgaard) which marries folk marimba, electric guitar and toy horns, with the results emerging like a sonic road-trip to Burkina Faso by way of Denmark after having picked up a hitchhiking Terry Riley.