Daily Schedule

The Obama Administration has approved more than a $100 billion in arms sales to the Middle East alone over the last two years. We’ll look at why weapons are among the U.S.’s leading exports. Then, Mackenzie Phillips talks about her complex relationship with her father, Mamas and Papas singer John Philips. Also, computer scientist Zachary Mason describes his creative re-imagining of Homer’s Odyssey. Plus, we’ll look at how, for most of its people, Russia has changed and yet remained the same since the fall of communism.

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

Renowned political theorist Benjamin Barber says the outcome in Libya is likely to be tragic rather than democratic. He'll explain why. Plus: WNYC senior reporter Bob Hennelly lays ou...

Grammy winners Arcade Fire aren’t the only ones inspired by urban sprawl. Today: the sounds of suburbia, from Springsteen to Green Day. Plus: guitar virtuoso Kaki King plays live in the 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, listen to some "alt-classical" or "indie classical" bands, like Newspeak or the Paul Bailey Ensemble.  Newspeak is an eight-piece amplified ensemble working under the direction of composer David T. Little and clarinetist Eileen Mack. Named after the thought-limiting language in George Orwell’s 1984, Newspeak explores the grey area where art and politics mix.  We'll hear the group, from their "Sweet Light Crude" release, playing a work by Missy Mazzoli - "In spite of all this."