The jazz musician Charles Mingus was a celebrated band leader and one of the most important composers of his generation. But at the same time he was recording The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, he was working on another masterpiece of sorts. He figured out how to get his cat, Nightlife, to poop in a toilet — and he decided he’d share his method with the world. Subscribe to Studio 360. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

Amy Schumer, who stars as a romantic train wreck in the new Judd Apatow film Trainwreck, is at the top of her game in real life. The third season of Inside Amy Schumer premieres April 21st on Comedy Central. The show just won a Peabody Award. And a screening of the new season's first episode at the Tribeca Film Festival showed there's nothing Schumer won't tackle. Visit the Tribeca Film Festival podcast archives. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

The Sporkful debates burrito construction and the LA/SF rivalry with MaxFun's Jesse Thorn and Good Food's Evan Kleiman. Plus Matt Yglesias compares Chipotle burritos to iPhones. Subscribe to The Sporkful. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

Comedian Eugene Mirman offers Soundcheck a list of his favorite funny songs—whether they were intended to be funny or not. Subscribe to Soundcheck. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

Radiolab tells stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and Bliss. Subscribe to Radiolab. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

Joan Rivers guest-hosts the Leonard Lopate Show and talks to Deon Cole, Billy Eichner, and Reza Farahan about comedy and life. Subscribe to The Leonard Lopate Show.  Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

Alec Baldwin talks to Paula Pell, who was singing and dancing at a Florida theme park when she got a call from SNL.  Subscribe to Here's The Thing. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

It's been over eighty years since audiences first watched The Wizard of Oz. Meet the original man behind the curtain, L Frank Baum, and trace the history of his greatest creation.  Subscribe to Studio 360. Phone: off. Email: off. Brain: off. Podcasts: on. Road Trip with WNYC: Beach Day Edition is perfect for: smiling, soaking, sunning.

Radiolab tells the story of a family literally saved by movies. Ron and Cornelia Suskind had two healthy young sons, promising careers, and a brand new home when their youngest son Owen started to disappear. But the Suskind family finds an unlikely way to access their silent son's world. Subscribe to Radiolab. Road Trip with WNYC: Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping dad from telling you that one story for the hundredth time, killing time while mom goes antiquing.

Snap Judgement tells stories about what it's like to find yourself on someone else's wavelength. Road Trip with WNYC: Home Movie Edition features a few good stories about family. Perfect for: tuning out snoring bunk-mates, masking nature sounds outside the tent, keeping dad from telling you that one story for the hundredth time, killing time while mom goes antiquing.