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We’ll look at efforts to smuggle digital technologies like cell phones into North Korea to establish communication with the outside world. David Monagan discusses his experiences as an American in Ireland over the last decade, and what the future might hold now that the Irish economic bubble has burst. Mystery novelist Ian Rankin talks about ending his long-running series featuring detective John Rebus, and his new novel, The Complaints. Plus, our latest Underreported segment looks at the political and humanitarian crisis in Cote D’Ivoire and Backstory discovers the rise of secret facilities within federal prisons that house people with alleged ties to terrorism.

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

Republican Congressman from New Jersey, Scott Garrett, explains why he voted no on this week’s stop gap measure to fund the federal government for three more weeks. Plus: The New York...

Join us for a live broadcast in The Greene Space, with performances from actor, author and banjo player Steve Martin and comedian Mike Birbiglia. Plus: we announce the winner of our Remix the Rails song contest.

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, there’s music from Montreal-based musician Colin Stetson on (mostly bass) saxophone without looping or overdubbing. (How DOES he do it?)  Stetson’s technique of circular breathing (much like digeridoo players) combined with nearly 20 microphones placed all over a studio- including on Stetson’s throat and on the instruments themselves - created an original palette of sounds, thanks to producer Shahzad Ismaily and engineer Efrim Menuck from Godspeed You! Black Emperor/A Silver Mt Zion.  Ben Frost then mixed these tracks into a haunting and riveting record, “New History Warfare Vol. 2 .  (Excited note: guest appearances by both Shara Worden and Laurie Anderson.)