Daily Schedule

New York Times columnist Gail Collins weighs in on outlandish things politicians have been saying recently, for the latest installment of our series How Did Politics in America Get So Weird? Then, Nate Silver looks at incumbents running for re-election, and why so many of them may be at risk of losing their seats. And Pulitzer-prize winning historian and journalist Garry Wills talks about his life covering great events and the people at the center of them.

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

Arne Duncan discusses the national education reform agenda.  Plus:  the latest from WikiLeaks; an illustrated "History of Us"; hydrofracking as seen upstate and down; and more global...

The hit television show Glee has "covered" numerous pop music staples. Last night it tackled cult musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Today, a look at how Glee fared and the storied history of one sweet transvestite (from Transexual, Transylvania). Later: Sleater-Kinney co-founder Corin Tucker returns from an extended hiatus with a new group, the Corin Tucker Band. They play 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.

Electric guitarist, composer and Princeton University professor Steven Mackey returns to New Sounds for this program.  His enormous and ambitious work, “Dreamhouse,” a collaboration with singer/producer/writer Rinde Eckert and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, for orchestra, electric guitars, and singers has just been released.