Daily Schedule

On today’s show: Tina Fey talks about her memoir Bossypants, her hit TV show “30 Rock,” and why she was reluctant at first to play Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live” during the 2008 campaign. Slate’s former culture editor Meghan O’Rourke discusses coming to terms with the death of her mother. We’ll look at the legacy of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief architects of the Holocaust who fled to Argentina after the war. Underreported is about the Chiquita Brand’s use of narco-trafficking Colombian guerrilla groups to guard its bananas.

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

There have been no prosecutions of any of the top figures implicated in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. New York Times reporter Louise Story explains why. Plus:...

Being right isn't everything – in fact, great moments in music have been born of simple mistakes. Today on the show, a look at the link between human error and musical creativity. Later: the Chiara String Quartet 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.

It's a 1980's extravaganza on this New Sounds, featuring music from the back wall of the New Sounds library.  Among these works from the 1980s is "Prayer for Jimbo Kwesi" from the Art Ensemble of Chicago and "When I Go Up (I Feel Like Shouting)" from Lights In a Fat City.  Also, hear "Open Window" by Bobby Previte and "Ramayana" by The Ordinaires.  Plus a trio of vibes, bass and drums with Karl Berger Dave Holland, and Ed Blackwell, with a piece called "Dakar Dance." And more.