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

The Sochi Olympics wrapped up over the weekend. New Yorker editor David Remnick recaps the politically-tense Winter Games. Plus: MSNBC analyst Jonathan Alter explains how President Obama’s management style led to what Alter calls the failure of the launch of the Affordable Care Act and the author of The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach, and literary agent Mel Flashman discuss the two different routes contemporary fiction writers can take to achieve professional success. 

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: With former Kinks frontman Ray Davies will be inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame this year, explore the British rock band’s must-hear tracks, deep cuts and, well, better-left-unheard songs with Billboard editor Joe Levy in our official Soundcheck Guide to The Kinks.

Then: The North Carolina band Lost In The Trees has gained a reputation for acoustic folk that packs an emotional punch. But on its new album, Past Life, the band is plugged in and maybe even hitting the dance floor.

And: The makers Pandora think they know you well enough to sell you shoes, diapers -- and political candidates. Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Dwoskin explains how Pandora can tell whether you vote blue or red, and how the online music streaming service plans to make money off both colors.

For this New Sounds, listen to new music from Norway, including a live set by the serene and transcendent Tord Gustavsen Quartet.  Gustavsen, whether solo, with a trio, or in this quartet formation, delivers piano-based works of contemplation and stillness that simply captivate a listener.  To be sure, the music is surely capable of transporting one to a private Nordic mind-palace.