Daily Schedule

On today’s show: ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein talk about “The Wall Street Money Machine,” their Pulitzer Prize-winning series that examines how some hedge funds and banks worsened the financial crisis while making a hefty profit for themselves. Peter Mountford talks about his debut novel, A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism. A legal scholar explains what we can learn about justice from the plays of William Shakespeare. Plus, “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator Phil Rosenthal discusses his documentary about developing a Russian version of his hit sitcom.

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

High numbers of minor drug offenses might be tied to the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policies and to illegal searches by the police. Plus: the changes against the roommate of Rutgers stud...

The artist currently known as Prince isn’t happy about a law that lets musicians cover his songs without his royal blessing. Today: A discussion about that law – and a Smackdown pitting Tom Jones and Art of Noise’s cover of “Kiss” against the original. Plus: Texan guitarist and fiddle player Amanda Shires plays live in the Soundcheck 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.

For this New Sounds, we’ll hear three recordings that feature a blend of acoustic instruments and electronic processing.  From a score to the new film by Bill Morrison, “The Miners’ Hymns,” listen to organ, brass ensemble, and electronics, by the master of mixing electronic and acoustic sounds - Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.