Daily Schedule

Journalist Maziar Bahari discusses the three months he spent in Iran’s most notorious prison following the country’s contested 2009 election. Then, we’ll hear the story of Clark Rockefeller, a con man who convincingly passed himself off as a member of the Rockefeller family for over 30 years. Ann Patchett talks about her new novel State of Wonder, which is being compared to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. We’ll find out about the experiences of foreign workers working on American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Plus, Bob Graham, the former Senator from Florida, talks about his second career as a thriller writer.

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

Former CNN host Larry King talks about the best guests, best jokes, and the ups and downs of his 50-year career asking questions. Plus: a look at how common “sexting” is; and HIV prev...

It was the year when Nirvana replaced Michael Jackson at the top of the Billboard charts – and alternative rock and rap took the nation by storm. Today we take a look back at 1992, in a continuation of our week long “Year to Remember” series. Plus: a live performance from cellist Erik Friedlander. And: we check in at the Belmont race track, where musical changes are afoot.

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, hear some loping Tamashek guitar music from the brand new record, "Aratan N Azawad" by the North Malian band, Terakaft, and some new music from the South Malian Vieux Farka Touré, with his father, Ali Farka Toure.  Then take a listen to some jazzy big band music from Volker Goetze, featuring  Ablaye Cissoko on kora.