China's COVID rules complicate things for parents whose surrogates live in the U.S. Transcript Despite escalating political tensions between the U.S. and China, Chinese parents are still navigating steep legal hurdles and COVID restrictions to have t...
Some industries still use floppy disks. This is one of the only places to buy them Transcript An online merchant who runs one of the few remaining websites where you can buy floppy disks says they're still used in the medical and airline industries....
Puerto Rico's southern coastal communities may be some of the last to get power back Transcript Hurricane Fiona walloped all of Puerto Rico, but areas in the south were particularly hard hit. Unrelenting rain flooded out communities and swamped many...
FDA seems poised to approve a new drug for ALS, but does it work? Transcript The Food and Drug Administration is likely to approve a controversial new drug for ALS by the end of the month. But it's still not clear whether the drug, called AMX0035, tr...
You could get paid $50,000 to move to Iceland and enjoy life Transcript The Icelandic yogurt company Siggi wants someone to run the business' social media channels and enjoy the simple life. A MARTINEZ, HOST: Good morning. I'm A Martinez. How'd you l...
Women protest in Iran over death of woman arrested by morality police Transcript Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly breaking hijab rules. She died after suffering multiple blows to the head. Now, Iranian women are burning their hijabs and cutting...
Saeed Jones confronts the end of the world in new poems Transcript When Saeed Jones was working on his new book of poems during the pandemic's lockdown phase, he learned something about grief it doesn't end, it just changes with time. The book is cal...
Jonathan Rockefeller brings Sesame Street to life Off-Broadway Transcript Sesame Street The Musical is a new, Off-Broadway show staring Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo and the rest of the muppets. The producers tailored the experience to their target au...
What Putin's partial mobilization announcement means for Ukraine Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks to retired Col. Mark Cancian about what Putin's partial mobilization of the Russian military and attempts to annex Ukrainian territory tell us about th...
Home prices see biggest drop in 9 years, thanks to higher mortgage rates Transcript Higher mortgage rates are throwing a bucket of ice-water on the super-heated housing market. Home prices in August were down about 6% from their peak in June, the big...
The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election Transcript The House on Wednesday passed a set of electoral reforms aimed at shoring up ambiguities and archaic language in the presidential certification process, some o...
Where the Colorado River crisis is hitting home Transcript LAS VEGAS These days it can feel almost cliche to throw around the word dystopian. But it's hard not to use it while standing on the narrow road crossing the Hoover Dam as tourists gawk at th...
Pakistan's foreign minister talks about the country's flood damage Transcript Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan's foreign minister, is at the U.N. along with other leaders to seek help for a country ravaged by floods. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Leaders of P...
Southwest flight gives passengers ukulele lessons Transcript Rather than an in flight movie, passengers on a trip to Hawaii were given ukuleles and an in-flight lesson. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. If you get on an airplane,...
Why Black characters in 'Rings of Power' and 'Little Mermaid' make fantasy better Transcript My first reaction when I saw the email was exasperation: This is not a debate we should still be having in 2022. The note popped up from a listener a few day...
