SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Comic books have long engaged young and old. But these days, there is a new batch of graphic novels that is especially aimed at children. NPR Books editor Petra Mayer went to San Diego Comic-Con to check them out. PETRA MAYER, BYLI...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Maybe Sean Spicer ought to call our next guest. There are now breakup consultants, people who will counsel on how to cope with broken hearts and couples who split apart. We're joined now by Natalia Juarez, who is a breakup expert b...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan introduced himself to audiences by telling a story backwards in Memento. He surprised audiences again by bringing seriousness to superhero movies with his Dark Knight trilogy. Our critic Bob Mondello s...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There are things I know I should be paying attention to. And then... (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS) JOE TESSITORE: As Bronson Pinchot and Nolan Gould will take it home... CORNISH: ...There's this. (SOUNDBITE...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: On this program in 2014, Moziah Bridges told us about his dream. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) MOZIAH BRIDGES: I want to bring the bow tie back, and I want to make it look better than what it used to be. CORNISH: Moziah is th...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Time for our monthly check in with music masters who are not BJ Leiderman - who writes our theme music - public radio DJs with what they play in Heavy Rotation. NICK BRUNNER, BYLINE: My name is Nick Brunner. I am the host of Hey Li...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Some of the best minds of our times, including Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk, have warned that human beings may invent intelligent machines that could wind up destroying humankind. But a small incident this week might make you wond...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There have been several versions of the Republican repeal and replace bill, but none of them fix the real hole in the Affordable Care Act. That's affordability. In California, the state marketplace, Covered California, is one of th...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The first wireless-charging laptop is on the market. Some say wireless power could transform consumer electronics as much as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth have. From member station WBUR, Asma Khalid explains what this new laptop could mean...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, a highly anticipated robotics competition for 15 to 18 year olds from 157 nations ended in controversy - the way it began. On Wednesday, six members of the team from the East African country of Burundi vanished. The team...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This summer, NPR reporters are going home, back to the communities where they grew up, to see how their hometowns may have changed. The rural Pacific coast town of Gold Beach, Ore. is where Jeff Brady lived until 1985. On his trip...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Steve Jobs has been the subject of movies and books, but his complicated life and the ubiquitous objects he left behind also turned out to be the stuff of opera. Ten years after Apple released its first smartphone, the story of the...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: One of the country's biggest Latino advocacy groups has a new name. This month, the National Council of La Raza became UnidosUS. As NPR's Jessica Diaz-Hurtado reports, the group hopes to appeal to a new generation. JESSICA DIAZ-H...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There's a very important meeting tonight in New York City involving Russian, American and French ballet dancers. They have gathered in a bit of cultural diplomacy at Lincoln Center to celebrate the 50th anniversary of George Bala...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The second season of Last Chance U begins tomorrow. It's a documentary series on Netflix that follows the football team at East Mississippi Community College. It's one of the most successful junior college programs in the nation....
