Daily Schedule

On today's show: We'll find out how Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ate jockeying for power. Alan and Susan Raymond discuss their documentary “Journey Into Dyslexia.”  Then actor, writer, and comedian Paul Reiser talks about the challenges and humor of being married with children, the subject of his new book Familyhood. And writer, actor, and director Albert Brooks talks about his career and his new novel, set in the future.

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

FCC chairman Julius Genachowski outlines a new alert network for cell phones rolling out first in NYC. Plus: Lt. Governor of New Jersey Kim Guadagno; conservative media critic Andrew ...

Today marks thirty years since the death of reggae icon Bob Marley. Guest host Sophie Harris of Time Out New York takes a look at the life and legacy of the Jamaican music legend. Plus: a live performance from Will Sheff and Patrick Pestorius of the folk-rock band Okkervil River.

Weigh in: How would you describe Bob Marley's legacy? Leave a comment or share a memory of Marley and his music.

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.

From a Satie-influenced piano solo to electronics to a large jazz-based ensemble, Bach’s celebrated variations are themselves varied for this New Sounds program.  We’ll hear some varations adapted almost beyond recognition, by composers like Derek Bermel, David Del Tredici, and Uri Caine.  Listen to a version arranged by Karlheinz Essl for string trio with electronic manipulation of the instruments along with Derek Bermel's funky Kontraphunktus.