Daily Schedule

On today’s show: we’ll talk with Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and Sarah Shourd—the three Americans who were captured by Iranian forces while they were hiking and were held for two years. Carl Hoffman explains how he uncovered new evidence about the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961. We’ll look at the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, who devised the policy of containment during the Cold War. Bruce Dancis talks about becoming an anti-war activist in the 1960s—and going to prison for resisting the draft during Vietnam.

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

New Jersey Public Radio's Matt Katz explains the implications of the new Bridgegate emails released earlier this week. Plus: a look at pedestrian traffic deaths in New York City this year; NYU's Dalton Conley on how he applies the science of parenting to his own kids; information on the measles outbreak from DOH's Dr. Jay Varma, the latest from Ukraine; and another round of "Advice Roulette."

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: Walter Martin was an integral part of the indie band The Walkmen. Until, that is, the band announced they were going on “extreme hiatus” at the end of 2013. But Martin’s already onto the next thing, his family-friendly new album, We’re All Young Together. Hear Martin perform in the Soundcheck studio.

Then: Associated Press writer Mesfin Fekadu shares a Pick Three playlist with us of songs from songwriters turned singers -- including picks from Sia, Pharrell and AWOLNation.

And: Soundcheck digs into the messy wall of noise and guitar distortion that is shoegaze, with a guide to must-hear bands, deep cuts, and music best left alone.

On this New Sounds program, listen to a series of works about abandoned cities and towns. Sample works for prepared piano and electronics from German pianist and composer Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann)’s latest release, “Abandoned City,” inspired by different ghost towns throughout the world.  Then there’s music from Scotland’s Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson, from their excellent and stirring “Hirta Songs.” Listen to a work for piano by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies written in protest of the proposed uranium mine at Stromness, in Orkney, Scotland, along with another Hauschka work by the same name, but about a different locale - the whaling station on the South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic, “Stromness.”