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

Karen Greenberg, the head of Fordham’s Center on National Security, looks at how we think about national security a year after Edward Snowden announced the NSA leaks, and a week after a prisoner exchange freed an American soldier and five Guantanamo detainees. Plus: a round-up of the political news out of Albany; a program that runs cooking classes in NYC public schools, teaching kids not just how to cook but how to shop for healthy food on a budget; and a look at the US men’s soccer team’s style and a preview of what’s to come as the team heads to Brazil for the World Cup. 

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

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.

In this episode: With the World Cup starting in Brazil this week, Soundcheck takes a listen to various styles of music coming out of the country's northeast. Scott Kettner, percussionist and leader of the Bourbon Street-meets-Brazil band Nation Beat, presents a "Soundcheck Guide To Brazil: Pernambuco."

Then: The looping violinist and singer Kishi Bashi has played with Regina Spektor and the band Of Montreal -- and won over fans with his own gorgeously layered and catchy songs. Hear him performs songs from his smart and effervescent new album, Lighght, in the Soundcheck studio.

And: The mash-up artist Girl Talk recently collaborated with the rapper Freeway for an experimental mixtape, Broken Ankles. The self-described “Pennsylvania Dream Team” talks about how the project made each of them re-think their respective styles.

Hear unlikely cross-cultural music with “BabEl,” - oud & North African percussion by sax player Uri Gurvich, a Portuguese klezmer band, the Belgium-Burkina Faso Zita Swoon Group & more.