Daily Schedule

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

President Obama is trying to modernize governmental regulations, removing outdated ones and putting in new rules.  Plus: the case of the disappearing Korean greengrocer; Gov. Cuomo ...

Once a curiosity, headphones have changed the way we experience sound – sometimes for the worse. Today, Soundcheck kicks off "Ear Wars," a series on hearing and the human ear, with a look at headphones and their connection to hearing loss. Plus: producer and tabla player Karsh Kale talks about the transcontinental collaboration behind his latest 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.

Listen to some new music with piano on this New Sounds, including compositions from the pianist/composer Blue Gene Tyranny, who has worked with John Cage, Iggy Pop, and Carla Bley, among others.  We'll listen to the Digital Music Ensemble of the University of Michigan performing "Intermediary with a Rendition of Stardust." We'll also hear Canadian composer and pianist Lubomyr Melnyk's work, "Song of Galadriel" inspired by Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.  Plus, music from the minimalist tradition by both Terry Riley, and Belgian composer Wim Mertens.