ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Thomas Vinterberg is not an easy filmmaker to pin down. In English, he's leapt from science fiction to the costume drama Far From The Madding Crowd. In his native Denmark, he tends to make intensely intimate films, like his Oscar n...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A painting of a skull by Jean-Michel Basquiat broke records at Sotheby's last night. The work sold for more than $110 million. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, that is the most ever for an American artist's work at auction. ELIZAB...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For young people growing up east of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., life can be a struggle against gangs and violence. And for much of its modern history, the river itself has been under assault, considered one of the most...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Sometimes good research can get done with a tool so simple a child could do it. For instance, scientists around the world recently set out thousands of fake caterpillars made from clay. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce explains why. NE...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia this morning - the start of his first overseas trip and a test of Mr. Trump's approach to foreign policy, which he spelled out in his inaugural address. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRES...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is the first stop on his first trip overseas as president, but that doesn't mean that he's managed to escape the political troubles that certainly have been bedeviling him back home....
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Our next guest has written a few musical numbers that you just might recognize. This wake up tune. (SOUNDBITE OF BJ LEIDERMAN'S MORNING EDITION THEME) SIMON: A theme with true commercial appeal. (SOUNDBITE OF BJ LEIDERMAN'S MARKETP...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: And now we remember this voice. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BLACK HOLE SUN) CHRIS CORNELL: (Singing) In my eyes, indisposed, in disguises no one knows... SHAPIRO: Chris Cornell died early this morning at age 52. He was in Detroit on tour w...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ran a story about the famous Renaissance painting the Birth Of Venus by Sandro Boticelli. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You know the image - a nude Venus, head tilted, red hair flowing and, strategically pl...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump begins his first overseas presidential trip tomorrow, and he has got an itinerary that could be mistaken for a religious pilgrimage. His first stops are Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican. It's a bold move for a...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We tend to mark our successes in life, but what if we're thinking about it the wrong way? What if it's failure that shapes us? All this month in a series we're calling Total Failure, we will examine mistakes and how they change p...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 is up for 12 Tony Awards. That's more than any other Broadway show. One of those nominations is for Josh Groban, who plays Pierre. This summer, he'll hand the part over to Okieriete Ona...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This is the day in 1954 that the Supreme Court issued its famous ruling desegregating schools, Brown versus Board of Education. Today, schools remain largely segregated, and the author Richard Rothstein argues that's because housin...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We talk a lot these days about how Internet streaming has rattled the world of network television, snatching up Emmy nominations and capturing attention in the press and on social media. But traditional broadcast TV remains the b...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Maybe you've seen the film Jurassic Park, and you remember that scene where the Tyrannosaurus rex escapes its pen and attacks guests at the theme park. You might remember those imposing teeth. Well, in real life, the T. rex had th...
