Daily Schedule

Masha Gessen discusses the brutality and corruption of Russia’s prison system  and the case of the Arctic 30, a group of Greenpeace activists arrested and jailed by Vladimir Putin and charged with piracy. Adelle Waldman will be here for the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club! She’ll be talking about her novel The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Colson Whitehead tells us about playing in the World Series of Poker and what his experience at high-stakes card tables taught him about the human condition. Plus, economist William Easterly looks at the global effort to eradicate poverty, and argues that traditional approaches usually trample the rights and freedoms of the poor.

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

With one thousand teachers to hire this summer, NYC deputy mayor for strategic initiatives Richard Buery talks about the roll-out of universal pre-K at a breakfast forum moderated by Brian and Erik Engquist of Crain's New York Business. Plus, Albert "Prodigy" Johnson on his Akashic Books imprint Infamous Books is joined by two Infamous authors to discuss the business of "street lit" and what working with an independent publisher means for the genre.

 

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: Back in 2002 Andrew W.K. kickstarted a party-rock movement with his debut, I Get Wet. The musician-turned-entertainer-turned-advice columnist and writer Phillip Crandall -- who covered W.K.’s debut in his new book for the 33 1/3 series -- reflect on that now-classic album. Plus, Crandall describes what it’s like to listen to I Get Wet on repeat for an entire year and we ask Andrew W.K. for the three people with whom he would most like to party.

Then: Blogger and “data storyteller” Eliot Van Buskirk has been crunching 50 years of Billboard and Spotify data on summer jams. He joins us with his analysis and some surprising conclusions about sun-soaked songs.

Hear another musical melting pot program, from a jazz/blues angle with Norwegian blues guitarist Stein Ornheim, Brazilian-Moroccan musical collision Hijaz, an oud-piano dialogue & more.