Daily Schedule

Ben Stiller kicks off today’s show! We’ll talk about his career in comedy and his role in John Guare’s “The House of Blue Leaves.” John Pollack talks about why he thinks the humble pun has changed language and history for the better. Meg Wolitzer discusses her latest novel, The Uncoupling, about a high school production of Lysistrata that changes a whole community. Plus, our resident word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls on our confounding English language...and explains the evolution and usage of the phrase “people of color.”

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

New York Times reporter David Carr discusses smartphone etiquette. Plus: an update on the DREAM Act; Pakistan’s survival skills; the current state of organized crime in New York; and ...

When it comes to staging a comeback in music, not everyone can be The King…Today: the tricky business of reviving a pop career, from Elvis Presley to Ricky Martin. Plus: a live performance from singer Diego Garcia.

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.

Hear the startling sounds of horns...of the North...on this New Sounds.  There's Alpine music for horns by the Russian composer Arkady Shilkloper, a member of the Moscow Art Trio, along with Danish composer Niels-Ole Bo Johansen's trombones and electronics.  Not to be outdone, Hauschka, (aka German pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann), has been at it again.  This time a playful collaborative “post-classical” record, “Salon des Amateurs,” with Calexico members John Convertino and Joe Burns, múm’s drummer Samuli Kosmine, and a guest spot by violinist Hilary Hahn.