NOEL KING, HOST: For much of 2017, it looked like President Trump and the Republican-controlled controlled Congress were at risk of having no major legislative accomplishments to show for the year. Now, that all changed last week. Trump signed a $1.5...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Noel, I've got a kind of funny way to introduce our next guests. NOEL KING, HOST: OK. GREENE: The category is game show host. KING: Game show host. GREENE: Do you want to buy a vowel? (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, WHEEL OF FORTUNE) UNIDE...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: In recent years, films about terrorism have become a kind of genre. They're often geopolitical thrillers or espionage dramas. Well, a new film from Germany takes a different and more intimate approach. It's called In The Fade. It...
NOEL KING, HOST: 2017 was a great year for Latino popular culture and the arts. There was the hit song Despacito by Puerto Ricans Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, DESPACITO) LUIS FONSI AND DADDY YANKEE: (Singing) Para que te acuerdes...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There are few regions in the world where you can make true ice wine. If you haven't had it, it's a sweet, dessert-style vintage. It requires warm summers to grow quality grapes, but they also have to be picked and pressed when it...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: What is the verdict on Donald Trump's first year in office? Well, the president gave himself high grades in a Christmas Eve tweet. He said, what an incredible year we had. Don't let the fake news convince you otherwise. Well, NPR...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Homeowners around the country are doing something unusual this week - rushing to pay their 2018 property taxes well before they're due. They hope to put off one effect of the tax overhaul that President Trump signed into law last w...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When the American Civil War neared its end, Abraham Lincoln spoke of the need to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan. It's the orphans we speak of this morning - orphans of the war in Ira...
NOEL KING, HOST: For years now, war refugees from places like Syria have been fleeing to the European Union by crossing through Turkey into Greece. Now, as Turkey's government is becoming increasingly authoritarian, some Turkish citizens are also cro...
NOEL KING, HOST: Before Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico, it was a big tourist destination. It was best known for its glowing bay. Mosquito Bay is home to one of the world's brightest bioluminescent bays. NPR's Merrit K...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: How much has the Trump administration really changed public education? A tax bill includes a huge break for parents of private school students. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has made several high-profile moves in recent months,...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This year, the opioid crisis has continued to plague communities across the country. Several states have recently declared opioid emergencies, and President Trump has labeled the crisis a national public health emergency. That dr...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: 2017 has been bookended by two novels about women and power. As the year began, Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale, began making its way to the top of the best-seller lists. It depicts a future where women are strippe...
NOEL KING, HOST: This year, deep inside a mountain, North Korea detonated a giant nuclear bomb. It also launched missiles. And so for the first time since the Cold War ended, a lot of us ordinary Americans have started thinking about nuclear weapons....
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: It's time to say goodbye - and then hello - to a TV legend. The BBC's longtime sci-fi series Doctor Who bids farewell tonight to the current doctor played by Peter Capaldi. And we'll see the debut of the new star of the show as w...
