ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Here's a sample of some of the titles on the New York Times best-sellers list for young adults - The Book of Dust, Renegades, War Cross. If you can't tell from the names, these books are all dystopian fiction. Elissa Nadworny of th...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, across the U.S., states are pouring resources into fighting the opioid epidemic. A handful of them have even declared public health emergencies. And Arizona did just that earlier this year. But some advocates say that until s...
As She Turns 90, Suspense Still Thrills Author Mary Higgins Clark STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Mary Higgins Clark has made a good living off murder. She creates characters that readers can identify with and then puts them in scary situations in her novels. R...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: An estimated 2.7 million renters in the United States face eviction every year, according to the real estate website Redfin. And many of those evictions take place in wintertime, when temperatures fall below freezing. Now, some co...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As people get older, they're less likely to get a good night's sleep and also less likely to remember things. Now scientists think they know why. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: Sleep is when we turn short-term...
RAY SUAREZ, HOST: The classic World War II film Casablanca premiered 75 years ago. It's a story of romance, intrigue and sacrifice. It's also a passionately anti-Nazi movie. But in Germany, Casablanca was edited to create a very different film. Repor...
RAY SUAREZ, HOST: We're going to take a moment now to talk about some of the year's groundbreaking moments in television - well, groundbreaking according to our very own TV critic Eric Deggans. And a warning - this conversation may contain some spoil...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, much of modern dating takes place online, often using smartphone apps. While the Internet may make getting a date easier, it is still sometimes not so simple to leave a date you don't want to be on. NPR's Allison Aubrey...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The African National Congress - this is the liberation movement that fought the apartheid government and eventually won control of South Africa in democratic elections - they are selecting a new leader today. And Peter Granitz has...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Most native villages in the western part of Alaska are built on permafrost. That's a thick layer of frozen soil. And with climate change, the permafrost has started to thaw. In one town, this means their cemetery is melting. People...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Office holiday parties have the potential to go very, very wrong. Your boss, colleagues, booze - often not a great mix. This year, NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports sensitivity is running particularly high in the age of #metoo. YU...
RAY SUAREZ, HOST: We're going to hear now about a new play by Tracy Letts. He won the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award in 2008 for his Broadway hit August: Osage County. His new work, The Minutes, is at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. It's about politi...
Trump Administration Reportedly Instructs CDC On Its Own Version Of 7 Dirty Words RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Fetus, Transgender, science-based - these are just three of the seven words and phrases the Trump administration has reportedly banned the Centers for...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: More than 9 out of 10 farm owners in the United States are white, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And there's a growing movement to try to change that. The goal is to help more people of color become farmers and to mak...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The near-daily stream of revelations of sexual harassment has become a cultural crisis. So we asked one of our cultural correspondents to think about the place where many of these incidents seem to happen - the workplace, where p...
