Daily Schedule

On today’s show: We’ll find out how the earthquake in Japan—the world’s third largest economy—is affecting the global marketplace. Then, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Darnton talks about his lifelong quest to learn about his father, who was killed in WWII while working as a correspondent for the New York Times. Environmental writer Eugene Linden tells us about the few remaining indigenous cultures that have refused to join the modern world. Sarah Vowell describes the Americanization of Hawaii in the late 19th century.

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

New York Times columnist Clyde Haberman talks about the latest chapter in the Park51 controversy in lower Manhattan. Plus: your stories of how inflation and rising prices is affecti...

Quick—name three female composers! Head scratching, commence. Today: classical pieces composed and performed by women, live in the Soundcheck studio. Plus: a listen to some underage submissions for our "Remix the Rails" contest. And, more music from teenagers: we take a look at 13-year-old internet sensation Rebecca Black.

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’ll hear musical tributes aplenty on this New Sounds program, many of them by guitarists heaping their thanks to other artists.  We’ll hear notes of appreciation from Michael Hedges to Pierre Bensusan, from Bill Frisell to Boubacar Traoré, from trumpeter Dave Douglas to Bill Frisell, and a little exchange between Stefan Grossman and John Fahey.  Plus, tributes to Angelique Kidjo, Leo Kottke, and Philip Glass, and a few others.