Locals In Flooded Rural Areas Of Louisiana Say Aid Is Slow To Arrive RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: In southern Louisiana, some areas are still flooded nearly two weeks after the region was inundated by historic rain storms. Aid has been slow to arrive in rur...
A Dying Japanese Village Brought Back To Life By Scarecrows DAVID GREENE, HOST: In Japan, you sometimes hear this term, village on the edge. What it means is a village on the edge of extinction. Japan's population is fast declining. It's easy to find...
Mystery Guest JONATHAN COULTON: This is ASK ME ANOTHER, NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia. I'm Jonathan Colton here with puzzle guru Art Chung. And now, here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg. (APPLAUSE) OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Thank you, Jona...
Teaching Medical Teamwork Right From The Start DAVID GREENE, HOST: In health care, they say it's all about the team - doctors, nurses, others working together to treat patients. But for the most part, they still train separately. Well, in Cleveland,...
America's Real Mountain Of Cheese Is On Our Plates RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Apparently, there's too much cheese in this country. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week that it would buy $20 million worth of the stuff, cheddar mostly, and...
Naturi Naughton Omari Hardwick: Power Puzzlers JONATHAN COULTON: This is NPR's ASK ME ANOTHER. I'm Jonathan Coulton, here with puzzle guru Art Chung. Now here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg. (APPLAUSE) OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Thank you, Jonathan. Soon...
At 81, Disney's First African-American Animator Is Still In The Studio DAVID GREENE, HOST: We want to introduce you to an animator whose work might be more familiar than he is. For decades, Floyd Norman has been animating films and TV shows ranging f...
You Do Know Jack OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Now it's time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists Mary and Joey. (APPLAUSE) EISENBERG: Puzzle guru Art Chung, take it away. ART CHUNG: Mary and Joey, your final round is called, You Do Know...
When The Family Business Is Keeping Cool, It Pays To Be Warm With People RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Time now for StoryCorps. The heat broke records this summer, and to mark the end of the hot season, let's hear from a family that's been keeping people coo...
What Happens When An Aid Group Sees Abuse, But Is Sworn To Secrecy? RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: We've been tracking the story of asylum-seekers on the Pacific island nation of Nauru. As we've heard on this program, the aid group Save the Children signed up...
'Saving Lives' Or 'Selling Access'? Explaining The Clinton Foundation DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hillary Clinton has been on the defensive this week over the Clinton Foundation and the question of whether donors to that charity were given anything inappropr...
EpiPen Manufacturer Says It Will Help With Out-Of-Pocket Costs RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne with news of the latest drug to generate controversy over its high cost. It's the EpiPen injectors that can stop life threatening allergic rea...
Bonjour, Barbie! An American Icon Packs Her Heels And Heads To France RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And the blonde bombshell from America is having her day in Paris right now. She's glamorous, unusually well-dressed, almost 60 and very quiet. This gal has he...
Texas Bookseller Picks 3 Summer Reads ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Can you smell change in the air? Has a surprisingly cool breeze in the morning reminded you that summer is almost over and you're still making it through your summer book list? Well keep read...
As Egypt's Jails Fill, Growing Fears Of A Rise In Radicalization DAVID GREENE, HOST: Egypt has a history of breeding militancy in its jails. Some of the figures who inspired the birth of al-Qaida became extremists during their abuse in prison there....
