Daily Schedule

Today, Amy Eddings fills in for Leonard. She speaks with Shelley Pasnik, the Director for the Center for Children and Technology, about how children are using technology and how it's changing family dynamics—for better and worse. Emmy Award-winner and comedienne Judy Gold talks about her return to the stage in "The Judy Show - My Life as a Sitcom." Retired NYPD detective Michael Codella and Bruce Bennett describe the gritty history of drugs and crime in Alphabet City. And Bruce Feiler discusses the many years he spent in the Middle East and looks at the historic youth uprisings in the Arab world.

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

The Murdochs testify in the UK about News Corp.'s practices and involvement with phone hacking. Plus: how other countries create jobs; 5,000 years of debt; and your New Littles maps.

Over the past few days, music fans have excitedly lined up to use Spotify. But, the streaming player might not be great news for artists. On today’s Soundcheck Smackdown, we debate the dollars and cents of music streaming – and whether it’s worth it for musicians. Plus, a live performance from desert-blues collective Tinariwen.

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.

We hope you won't need to be convinced, but for this New Sounds, we will listen to "107 Reasons Why" by Do Make Say Think, and more instrumental music, perhaps even some that could be called "post-rock."  There's something from the ambient drone band Labradford, who were out of Richmond, VA, along with music from Angelo Badalamenti.