AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The new movie Life, which opens next Friday, is about a group of astronauts who discover an alien life form and live to regret it. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, LIFE) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) That is beautiful. CORNISH: So is...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: You might want to get your tissues. The season finale of This Is Us airs tonight. The freshman show has been a surprise hit for its network, NBC, and consistently inspired tears. The show's creator, Dan Fogelman, is getting praise...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Broadway has a spotty track record of accommodating audience members with disabilities. That was highlighted recently when a blind theatregoer sued the producers of the hit musical Hamilton. Jeff Lunden reports. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLI...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump's revised travel ban is set to take effect just after midnight. Before it does, immigrants - immigrant rights activists are asking courts across the country to block the order again. The measure signed by the pres...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump's revised travel ban is set to take effect just after midnight. Before it does, immigrants - immigrant rights activists are asking courts across the country to block the order again. The measure signed by the pres...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A late winter storm has been dumping snow on the Northeast since yesterday. Thousands of flights have been canceled. That will not stop two Texas congressmen from making it back to Washington. BETO O'ROURKE: We are in a Chevy Imp...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In the Netherlands, the polls have closed on an election that's being watched around much of the Western world. Nearly all of the attention has been on the anti-immigrant candidate Geert Wilders. Wilders was linked to the populis...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: China's economy has had a spectacular run. But last year, it grew at its slowest pace in 26 years. And as it attempts to transform an economy based on building things to one based on consumers buying things, Beijing is making pai...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits President Trump at the White House later this week. The two leaders have many differences. One of the biggest being on immigration. Merkel has welcomed more than a million refugees - many of...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A few years ago, an airplane touched down on a grass runway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and out stepped microbiologist Kate Rubins. KATE RUBINS: If you put your finger on a map in the middle of Africa, that's about where...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Scientists are finding clues about the origin of human speech thanks to a very unusual ape. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an orangutan named Rocky. JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: A half-dozen orangutans are relaxing in a sun-filled atrium...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: South by Southwest also showcases art, the type of art you'd expect at a tech-focused conference. One installation features counter-surveillance fashion by a group of women of color. They first caught the eye of NPR arts correspo...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today in Your Health, we're taking a close look at chemotherapy. It's been a mainstay of cancer treatment for decades, but that method is slowly being edged aside in medical research as new treatments, like immunotherapy, grab the...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Every year, thousands of immigrants come to the U.S.-Mexico border and request asylum. That means they're seeking safety from persecution in their home countries. It is common for asylum-seekers to stay somewhere in the United St...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Well, they do not call it March Madness for nothing. It is time. The selection committee has made their selections. We have the brackets. We have the 64 teams - or maybe more than 64, as we'll hear in a minute. It's NCAA tournamen...
