Daily Schedule

Gerard Lordahl, greening director of GrowNYC, comes by with tips on how to care for your plants in the winter. Then, Liz Murray describes her difficult journey from having to live on the streets as a homeless teenager to getting a scholarship to Harvard. Also, Mona Simpson talks about her first novel in ten years, My Hollywood. Backstory looks at what the Wikileaks documents reveal about corruption around the world. And for Underreported, we'll find out about the 2010 census of marine life!

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

The United States is increasingly divided between very religious and very secular people, according to a recent study. Plus: yoga and religion; Karen Armstrong on 'nothing'; and what ...

Join us for an encore presentation of our holiday themed Greene Space show from last December. Singer-songwriter Tori Amos explains how she overhauled carols on her seasonal album Midwinter Graces. And, she performs for our Greene Space audience. Plus: Broadway leading man Brian Stokes Mitchell performs songs from his own holiday album.

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.

One of the great holiday traditions in America, the choirs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges -- two of the most prestigious historically black institutions in the nation -- get together to present a spine-tingling concert program. This encore presentation features the best works of the last several years. It's a ...

Hear many holiday tunes, including Christmas carols, done up New Sounds-style for this holiday program.  We'll hear from a new recording of non-syrupy Christmas music from accomplished Bay-area guitarist Sean Smith.  Plus, an arrangement of a Christmas carol framed by an alap, traditional a cappella music from Slovenia, and an old favorite from John Fahey and Richard Rushkin.  All that, and more.