Daily Schedule

Former Moscow correspondent for the BBC Angus Roxburgh discusses the recent challenges to Vladimir Putin’s rule of Russia. Ed Sanders revisits the Peace Eye Bookstore and other fixtures of the Lower East Side counterculture. Today’s installment of A History of the World in 100 Object is about a silver Roman cup decorated with two male lovers. Jackie Collins tells us about her latest novel. And a U.S. Army Captain tells us about his platoons’ dramatic stand against an ambush in Afghanistan.

Former Moscow correspondent for the BBC Angus Roxburgh discusses the recent challenges to Vladimir Putin’s rule of Russia. Ed Sanders revisits the Peace Eye Bookstore and other fixtures of the Lower East Side counterculture. Today’s installment of A History of the World in 100 Object is about a silver Roman cup decorated with two male lovers. Jackie Collins tells us about her latest novel. And a U.S. Army Captain tells us about his platoons’ dramatic stand against an ambush in Afghanistan.

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Jennifer Cohen of the New America Foundation’s Higher Ed Program discusses what college education means now and why Rick Santorum called the President a “snob” for saying every Americ...

Throughout this week Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the ways in which people sought pleasure around the world 2,000 years ago: from pipe smoking to sex.

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Engaged couples seeking to avoid contemporary Top 40 and the Electric Slide on their big day might find just what they’re looking for at an upcoming Brooklyn wedding band showcase. Today: An event planner and a musician discuss the rise of the “anti-wedding band.” Plus: We get a preview of the 2012 Whitney Biennial.

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.

It's that time again for the monthly program of new releases. John Schaefer picks through the bucketloads of CDs, the lone limited edition LP (So Percussion Cage bootlegs!) and scrolls through the downloads (and their cryptic notes) that have flooded his inbox to find new releases worthy of showcasing in tonight's program.