Daily Schedule

On today’s Leonard Lopate show: we’ll look into the militarization of foreign assistance and nation-building. Then, Joyce Carol Oates talks about her memoir, A Widow’s Story. Also, Brian Bedford discusses what it's like to direct and star in an acclaimed new production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Plus, humans have changed the planet so much that some have suggested we’ve created an entirely new geologic epoch, the “Anthropocene.” Elizabeth Kolbert explains what that means.

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

New Yorkers from Libya to Bahrain call in with their stories from home.  Plus: economist Dambisa Moyo; and is breastfeeding really medically superior to bottle feeding?

International jet-setting conductor Valery Gergiev takes a break from his busy schedule to tell us about bringing the London Symphony Orchestra to Lincoln Center. Plus: A discussion of "the world's first newspaper album" -- Radiohead's "The King of Limbs." And: the Scottish indie band Broken Records plays live.

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 world premiere of Bryce Dessner's "O Shut Your Eyes Against the Wind," performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars from the People's Commissioning Fund Concert at Merkin Hall, recorded as part of New Sounds Live and the Ecstatic Music Festival.   Incidentally, Bryce plays with both the vocal-chamber-rock ensemble, Clogs, and the indie rock hometown heroes, the National.  Also, we will hear the other world premieres commissioned by the people: Nick Brooke's playful "Menace (Sousa Medley)" and Karsh Kale's world premiere, "Crawl Walk Run Fly."