Daily Schedule

Only 4 percent of the universe is understood by astrophysicists, and we’ll look at what makes up the other 96 percent: dark matter. Also, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky talks about performing the title role in the Metropolitan Opera's new staging of Puccini’s Tosca! Then, Paul Clemens follows the closing of a Detroit auto plant. Plus, our word maven Patricia T. O’Connor takes your calls on English...and why some people believe there are conspiracies to control language.

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

A five-borough roundtable discussion of Mayor Bloomberg State of the City speech, plus: organized crime arrests; this week's segment on Money U is about Credit Reports; and Goldman S...

For years, producers have been spicing up Shakespeare’s plays by adding original scores. Today, a look at recent musical takes on the Bard's words, from Julie Taymor's "The Tempest" to The Fiasco Theater's "Cymbeline." Plus: Bob Dylan turns his sights to the written word. And later: live music in studio from jazz saxophonist Matt Bauder and his band Day in Pictures.

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.

While Icelandic art-rock band Sigur Rós (sometimes falling into classical or minimalist camps, sometimes labeled post-rock, but always ethereal) has been on hiatus since early 2010, their members have been busy, either spending time with their babies or presenting world premieres.  On November 15, 2010, John Schaefer was on location at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle near Lincoln Center for the White Light Festival where Kjartan Sveinsson (Sigur Rós multi-instrumentalist) and Jónsi Birgisson (voice of Sigur Rós) presented new works.  For this New Sounds, we’ll sample some of these live performances.