Daily Schedule

On today’s show: a panel discussion representing different outlooks on the controversial natural gas extraction technique known as fracking. Kambri Crews shares her experience growing up with two deaf parents in rural Texas. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at a Hebrew astrolabe, an ancient scientific device used to calculate the time of day. Plus, the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council talks about North Korea’s troubled present and uncertain future.

On today’s show: a panel discussion representing different outlooks on the controversial natural gas extraction technique known as fracking. Kambri Crews shares her experience growing up with two deaf parents in rural Texas. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at a Hebrew astrolabe, an ancient scientific device used to calculate the time of day. Plus, the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council talks about North Korea’s troubled present and uncertain future.

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The ‘pink slime’ controversy continues. Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and a producer of the documentary "Food Inc.", weighs in on the debate over the “Lean Finely Texture...

Neil MacGregor explores this period of learning and scientific achievement through magnificent objects which were used by the wealthy to reflect their status.

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The 1990 documentary "Paris is Burning" chronicled the golden age of drag balls in New York City - and the birth of the dance style known as “voguing." Today, Soundcheck strikes a pose… and looks back at the history of the ballroom scene and its music with the director of the award-winning film. Plus: As we continue to solicit "Ring" cycle haiku, Bowery Poetry Club founder Bob Holman joins us to talk about the history of the 17-syllable poetry form.

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.

This New Sounds program takes a new look at the ancient form of ritual music for evening prayer – Vespers.  This evening prayer service, also known as “eveningsong,” is found in both Western and Eastern (Byzantine) Catholicism, along with Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, and some Protestant denominations as well.  The idea was to have a service at sunset, when the sun’s angle would hit the church and set it aglow with magical light through the stained glass windows.