Ex-Aid Worker: Abuse Of Refugee Children On Nauru Was Mostly Ignored DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're about to hear a firsthand account of the abuse of refugees. These refugees sought asylum in Australia. Australia parks its refugees on a distant Pacific Is...
Clinton Foundation To Drastically Shrink If Hillary Clinton Is Elected KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In the Clinton Foundation is planning to spin off all its international programs if Hillary Clinton is elected president. The foundation has come under heavy...
'The Terror Years' Traces The Rise Of Al-Qaida And ISIS KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Author Lawrence Wright was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, which meant he was required to do two years of what was called alternative service. He ended up i...
Among La. Flood Victims, 'Depression Levels Are Really High' RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: In Louisiana, there's talk of clean up, but that doesn't tell the whole story. The damage to flooded buildings and cars gets worse by the day. Authorities now say more...
Artist Peter Doig Says He Didn't Paint This, And A Judge Agrees DAVID GREENE, HOST: You know, usually when there's a question about who created a piece of art, the artist is dead and can't speak up to say, hey, I made that or, no, not mine. NPR's And...
NBC Declares Rio A 'Media' Success, Though TV Ratings Were Down RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And the Olympic Games may be over. But speculation over the cause of sagging TV ratings continues. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says NBC is trying hard to spin the nu...
Beyond Slurpees: Many Japanese Mini-Marts Now Cater To Elders RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: In Japan, space is at a premium. And it's full of popular convenience stores that cram everything from Kleenex to rice balls into a few square yards. Walk five minute...
Better To Reign In Hell: Literature's Unpunished Villains KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: We've talked a lot about good books this summer, but our books editor Petra Mayer has been thinking about the bad, like villains in literature who get away with being bad....
20 Years Since Welfare's Overhaul, Results Are Mixed DAVID GREENE, HOST: Twenty years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed legislation to end welfare as we know it. And that is exactly what happened. Benefits were limited, and poor families were...
A Small Town Struggles With A Boom In Sober Living Homes DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today in Your Health - addiction recovery. This is a multibillion dollar industry. And one of the fastest-growing treatment models is the so-called sober-living home, a plac...
How South Korea Uses Kimchi To Connect To The World And Beyond RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Time again for Hidden Kitchens: War Peace Food. Today the Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, take us into the world of gastro-diplomacy. That's where cou...
With 'Hell Or High Water,' Jeff Bridges Returns To The American West FARAI CHIDEYA, HOST: Jeff Bridges became a cult hero playing The Dude in The Big Lebowski, but he's made a career in movies set in the American West. He was Rooster Cogburn in the C...
On Six Flags' Virtual Reality Coaster, The Ride Is Just Half The Thrill RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: There was a time when an upside down loop was a big enough thrill on a roller coaster - not anymore. At Six Flags Magic Mountain here in Southern California...
Turkish Officials Say At Least 51 Killed, Scores Injured In Wedding Bombing RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's been another deadly attack in Turkey. Turkish President Ergodan says a suicide bomber who was between 12 and 14 years old blew himself up at a we...
Interview With Jonah Hill And Todd Phillips On New Film 'War Dogs' RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: At the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. government was awarding hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts to American companies, everything...
