Hacking Is 'A Bit Of A Superpower,' Says Creator Of 'Mr. Robot' ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: TV shows like to explore the anxieties of a particular time, so Law And Order and CSI gave us violent crime. Homeland and 24 gave us terrorism. Now Mr. Robot gives us...
Jacqueline Woodson's New Novel For Adults Has Its Roots In Adolescence AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Jacqueline Woodson has been writing books for children and young adults for most of her career. She won the National Book Award in 2014 for her memoir Brown G...
Olympic Athletes Still Use Some Rx Drugs As A Path To 'Legal Doping' DAVID GREENE, HOST: Athletes competing at the Olympics in Rio have been taking a hard line against their peers who've been accused of doping. But competitors can actually still enga...
Anita Hill: 'We've Come A Long Way Since Then' STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's been submerged beneath the presidential campaign news, but we may be having a national moment about sexual harassment. Roger Ailes lost his job this summer as head a Fox News. D...
Counterterrorism Chief Sees Gains On The Battlefield, Stubborn Threats At Home STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Morning after morning this summer, it's felt like we all woke up, rolled out of bed and learned of some new atrocity. (SOUNDBITE OF NEWS MONTAGE) UNID...
Trump Campaign Says 'Dishonest Media' Misinterpreted His Second Amendment Comment STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's listen twice to Donald Trump's remarks about gun owners resisting Hillary Clinton. The Republican presidential candidate made a remark yester...
Texas Town's Fortunes Rise And Fall With Pump Jacks And Oil Prices AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The middle class in America is constantly shifting and changing shape. Since the 1970s, it's shrunk decade by decade. We also know that income inequality is growi...
Why The World Isn't Close To Eradicating Guinea Worm ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For the past few years, the world has been on the edge of one of the biggest medical triumphs of modern history. A global effort has nearly wiped out the Guinea worm, a horrific...
Why The Airline Industry Could Keep Suffering System Failures Like Delta's ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Delta Airlines canceled more than 500 flights today. That's on top of a thousand flights it canceled yesterday after a power outage brought down Delta's com...
3 Steps To Faking Your Own Death From The Author Of 'Playing Dead' AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A few years ago, a writer named Elizabeth Greenwood went on a trip to the Philippines where, on the afternoon of July the 7, she died. ELIZABETH GREENWOOD: My dea...
Puerto Rico's Efforts To Stop Zika Are Hampered By Mistrust STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Every time a week goes by, 1,500 more people are reported with Zika in Puerto Rico. That island now counts among the most badly affected parts of the hemisphere. Hundred...
Ethiopia Grapples With The Aftermath Of A Deadly Weekend DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're going to listen to sounds now that the Ethiopian government does not want you to hear. The sounds seem to be evidence of a government crackdown on peaceful protests. A...
Trump Adviser Says One Of The GOP Nominee's Signature Plans Is 'Not Workable' STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Fifty Republican security experts released a letter yesterday saying Trump is unfit to be president, said he'd be the most reckless president in Americ...
To Prevent Sexual Assault, Schools And Parents Start Lessons Early DAVID GREENE, HOST: If you're a freshmen heading to college this fall, chances are you'll undergo some kind of crash course aimed at preventing campus sexual assault. But for many, it...
Verizon's Metamorphosis: Can You See Me As A Tech Giant Now? STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now let's follow a company trying to buy its way into the future. Verizon is a descendant of the old Bell monopoly phone system. Lately, the company has been acquiring...
