Daily Schedule

Elliott Forrest fills in for Leonard Lopate. Film critics Joshua Rothkopf, John Anderson, and Richard Corliss look at 2013 in the movies. Danny Burstein talks about his long career on Broadway and his current role in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Die Fledermaus.” Doug McGrath discusses writing the book for the new musical “Beautiful,” about the life and work of Carole King. Please Explain is all about apps—how they’re designed and which are the best.

WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview. 

For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.

Investigating a strange world.

Humorous, heartbreaking and true stories told live on stage. No script. No props. Just a microphone, a spotlight and room full of strangers.

This week in our American Icons series, we take a look at Nirvana’s Nevermind — was it rock and roll’s last hurrah? Golden Globe nominee Kerry Washington shows her mean streak as the star of Scandal. And Jesmyn Ward relives the trauma of Hurricane Katrina in her novel Salvage the ...

Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.

Australia's surprising and flexible new music ensemble, Topology, comprised of saxophone, strings and piano, takes center stage on this New Sounds program.  We'll hear chamber works by American and Australian composers, some in the vein of the perpetual motion machines, all performed by Topology.  Plus, other works by Americans living and working in Australia.