Floating objects raise questions about surveillance, national defense and diplomacy Transcript NPR's Asma Khalid talks to David Gompert, a longtime presidential adviser, about the unidentified objects that have been floating in the sky. U.S. jets sho...
You've heard of love at first sight. How about love at first sound? Transcript You've heard of love at first sight. But how about love at first sound? Pascal Wallisch, a neuroscientist at New York University, wanted to find out how long it takes for...
Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, is making history nearly 20 years after her death Transcript Salsa music icon, Celia Cruz, will soon be the first Afro Latina to be featured on a United States quarter. (SOUNDBITE OF CELIA CRUZ SONG, LA VIDA ES UN CARNAVAL...
An artist's 'Healing Project,' focused on incarceration and violence, wins $1 million Transcript There's a multidisciplinary artist who is so remarkable that although he is just 31 years old, he's just been awarded a rare $1 million grant from the An...
As the pandemic ebbs, an influential COVID tracker shuts down Transcript In another sign of the changing state of the pandemic, an invaluable source of information about the virus over the last three years is shutting down, NPR has learned. The Johns...
The earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has impacted a community in New Jersey Transcript Paterson is home to a large number of people with roots in Turkey and Syria countries hit by Monday's massive earthquake. Residents say they are mobilizing the...
Burt Bacharach, one of the world's most accomplished songwriters, dies at 94 Transcript Bacharach's career spanned seven decades and was noted for his collaborations with Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Tom Jones and many others. He penned more than...
Why are there so many jobs when there's talk about a possible recession? Transcript One idea is labor hoarding. That's when employers hold onto more staff than they need because the costs of rehiring are so high. A MART?NEZ, HOST: Despite talk of a p...
'This Is Why' it was a tough road to Paramore's new album Transcript Williams co-founded her band, Paramore, nearly two decades ago. Now 34, she's become a towering pop-punk-cultural figure both within the group and in her own right through solo albu...
Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant Transcript Russia appears to be draining an enormous reservoir in Ukraine, imperiling drinking water, agricultural production and safety at Europe's largest nuclear plant,...
After a decade of war, quake that struck northwest Syria made a bad situation worse Transcript NPR's A Martinez speaks with Kieren Barnes of Mercy Corps about the earthquake and relief efforts in northwestern Syria. A MART?NEZ, HOST: The United State...
Health experts weigh in on whether to continue masking Transcript To mask or not to mask? That is the question we put to COVID-19 experts as we enter the fourth year of the pandemic. LEILA FADEL, HOST: There are still hundreds of thousands of COVID c...
Senate panel hearing targeted Southwest Airlines holiday travel meltdown Transcript Southwest Airlines was on the hot seat during Thursday's Senate panel hearing. Senators had a lot of questions about the airline's Christmas meltdown. LEILA FADEL, HO...
2 daughters reflect on a secret their dad shared nearly 20 years ago Transcript David Hedison came to a StoryCorps booth years ago with his daughter Serena and revealed he got a nose job to be an actor. Serena and her sister Alex came back to StoryCo...
Iran's supreme leader pledges to pardon thousands of jailed protesters Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel Fadel talks to human rights lawyer Gissou Nia of the Atlantic Council, about how many protesters could be released when Iran pardons thousands of demo...
