Daily Schedule

On today’s show: we’ll look into how medical care has been politicized in the United States, and how medicine has become one of the weapons of the “culture wars.” The sister of murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya discusses whether journalism is worth dying for. Playwright Sharr White and actress Laurie Metcalf talk about the world premiere of “The Other Place.” Our latest Backstory profiles President Salih of Yemen, and on Underreported, Charlayne Hunter-Gault takes a look at the volatile political situation in South Africa.

The Leonard Lopate Show is live in the Greene Space April 13 at 7 pm! Find out more and get tickets here!

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

On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone is live from Cairo. Plus: the federal budget negotiations; a call-in for mixed race people; Peter Godwin on Zimbabwe; and Hamilton Cain on faith.

The term “Muslim music” is just as wide and varied as say, “American music.” Today: A preview of the first-ever Muslim World Music Day. And: an update on the Detroit Symphony Orchestra strike, which looks like it has reached its finale. Plus: New Orleans' own Rebirth Brass Band plays live in our 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.

Since the "raga-rock" craze of the late 60s, Indian music has been mixed with Western music - with mixed results. On this New Sounds, we’ll hear some current efforts in chamber music, jazz, ambient, and dance music, from the Neel Murgai Ensemble, the Acoustic Mandala Project, Natraj, and DJ Cheb I Sabbah. Plus, music from Indian guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya, who fuses Indian and Western music on both slide guitar and slide ukelele.