Daily Schedule

Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower talk about the life and post-White-House years of David’s grandfather, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Also Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Powers discusses Crazy Horse and the controversy that still surrounds his death. Then, Lily Rabe and Oskar Eustis tell about moving the Public Theater’s production of “The Merchant of Venice” from Central Park, to Broadway! Plus, a look at how climate change is altering the Antarctic landscape through the lives of penguins.

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

Congressman Michael Grimm talks about the Bush tax cut compromise. Plus; a defense of Wikileaks; a lawsuit against Cathie Black; a check in on year-end giving; and a look at Chinatown...

John Lennon's return to music in 1980 was a source of optimism for both the former Beatle and his fans. While his death that same year cast a pall over such promise, he left behind a memorable album. Today, Lennon's legacy through "Double Fantasy." Later: It's only appropriate that a man named Theophilus London would become a wordsmith. The rapper and singer performs live in the studio.

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.

Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

On this date, the 30^th anniversary of John Lennon’s death, New Sounds celebrates the influence that Lennon had outside his sphere.  We’ll hear music by Vijay Iyer, his "re-imagining" of "Imagine,” and Canadian electric guitarist/composer Tim Brady’s “Strumming: homage à John Lennon.”  Of the many homages, we’ll also hear a lovely meditation for piano and cello built around the chord sequence from John Lennon’s “Imagine,” from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis.