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Canadian Ambassador and former CIA station chief Ken Taylor discusses his involvement in a secret mission to rescue some Americans who were being held during the Iran Hostage Crisis. Also, writers Siobhan Fallon and Lily Burana discuss the challenges of being married to men in the military. Then, the great pianist Byron Janis tells about his extraordinary life in music, coping with arthritis, and the influence of Chopin on his work. Plus our latest Backstory segment looks at the long and violent history of Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier in Haiti.

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

NYC is cracking down on bicyclists. Paul Steely White, director of Transportation Alternatives, discusses the traffic rules and what cyclists need to know about the new crackdown. Plu...

The music mogul who put bands like the Ramones on national television died this week. Today on Soundcheck: A look back at Don Kirshner's most enduring legacy -- a TV show he hosted in the 70s and 80s called “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert." Later: the sounds of Washington, D.C.'s escalators get a remix. Plus: rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson declares that "The Party Ain't Over." She'll join us in the studio to talk about her new album.

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 listen to some electronic music from Iceland by the Australian-born composer Ben Frost.  Dark acoustically generated guitar and piano textures are expertly combined with electronically processed stabs and eruptions on Frost's record "By the Throat."  Plus, there's ambient post-rock music from Mountains, and some of Wendy Carlos' "Sonic Seasonings" from the early 70s, featuring the found sounds of wolves.