MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This mass shooting in California happened 11 days after the one at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. And in the time between those two incidents, there were several other mass shootings that barely made headlines. As heartbreaking a...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Shootings like the one we've just been hearing about are part of what has jarred many young people into political awareness. After the shooting in Parkland, Fla., students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took the lead in...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Gina Apostol's new novel, Insurrecto, is about two women on a trip to make a film in the Philippines who wind up seeing different films in the same characters. Chiara Brasi is an American, a daughter of a filmmaker who once shot a...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Gina Apostol's new novel, Insurrecto, is about two women on a trip to make a film in the Philippines who wind up seeing different films in the same characters. Chiara Brasi is an American, a daughter of a filmmaker who once shot a...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Federal regulators plan to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes at retail locations like gas stations and convenience stores. They also plan to require people buying e-cigarettes online to verify their age. From Colorado Publ...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Of the oceans of ink spilled by writers wrestling with the Trump presidency, it's probably safe to say that Jonathan Lethem is the only one who has managed to produce a book featuring the following - one, a shootout on a decr...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The latest chapter in the controversial Keystone oil pipeline played out late this week. A federal judge in Montana temporarily blocked the project and asked for an additional environmental review. Indigenous activists are cheering...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So when you're the host based in LA - I'm looking at you, David Greene - you're the one who gets assigned to go to the famous Capitol Studios and interview the piano player with a new album out. JEFF GOLDBLUM: (Playing piano, voc...
NOEL KING, HOST: There is a new star on Broadway. He's 20 feet tall, weighs 1.2 tons, and his name is King Kong. He's a puppet, and he's the centerpiece of a $35 million musical based on the original film that opens tonight on Broadway. Reporter Jeff...
ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Hey, everybody. Just to let you know, this podcast may contain some adult or possibly offensive language. ROBERT GARCIA, HOST: No nudity, though (laughter). BARTOS: (Laughter) Unless you're thinking about naked people. GARCIA: Do...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The first line of this next story sounds like it ought to be spoken by the narrator of a movie. When the Atlantic Ocean was young, sea monsters ruled. This is a true story. Some of their bones have turned up along the coast of We...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The man who won the election for pope a few years ago faces some resistance. Conservative American Catholics do not agree with Pope Francis' remarks on migrants or refugees or capitalism. Clerical sex abuse scandals have embolden...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Pentagon is funding some new research on insects and plant viruses. It says the goal is to protect agricultural crops. Some critics say it looks more like an attempt to make biological weapons. Here's NPR's Dan Charles. DAN C...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It is clear from his own words that Robert Bowers, the man alleged to have opened fire on that Pittsburgh synagogue, was filled with hate. He posted bigoted statements and conspiracies online for months ahead of the shooting. And...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The polls say women are expected to make a difference in many key midterm elections. And our next story is also about women, poles and transforming an American institution. From Interlochen Public Radio, Morgan Springer reports....
