W. KAMAU BELL: My name is W. Kamau Bell. I'm a stand-up comedian and host of CNN's United Shades Of America. And I'm a dad. For me, you know, I don't think of myself as a patriot first. I think of myself as someone who's fighting for the ideals that...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: More than a decade ago, the author Neil Gaiman wrote a short story that captures some of the strangeness of being a teenager discovering the world. It's called How To Talk To Girls At Parties. It's really only one scene. Two boys s...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The lush, tropical nation of Papua New Guinea sits on an island just north of Australia. Traditions there have been developed over thousands of years. But today the ancient practice of sorcery is becoming a trigger for a modern kin...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has surrendered to the New York City Police Department this morning. He's facing sexual assault charges. Weinstein was already famous in Hollywood before he became the catalyst of the #MeToo era. He h...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is the latest in a string of influential Hollywood figures to be accused of sexual harassment. Freeman is best known for his roles in films like Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, Evangelical and Catholic communities in America have had a mixed relationship politically. After years of Catholics largely voting for Democrats and white evangelicals for Republicans, opposition to abortion and same-se...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Today began with the news that President Trump was canceling his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. A couple of hours later, congressional leaders sat down with senior intelligence and Justice Department official...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The FBI and Texas Rangers are investigating a shooting in South Texas. On Wednesday, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a woman after she and a group of unauthorized immigrants attacked the agents with what were described as b...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Each year, malaria kills about half a million people around the world. Health officials say a fast, cheap, accurate way to test for malarial infection would be extremely helpful in combating the disease. As NPR science correspond...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A giant asteroid slammed into Earth about 65 million years ago. That impact killed off the dinosaurs. And now scientists say it had another major effect on the planet, one that's a cautionary tale. Here's NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The people of Ireland vote tomorrow in a referendum that would open up the availability of abortion - this, in a country that has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Opinion polls show that the vote is likely to...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Andre Leon Talley is best known for his time as a fashion editor for Vogue and for what he wears on his broad 6'6 frame. ANDRE LEON TALLEY: I'm wearing a kaftan and a shirt from Marrakech - Fil d'Or - from the souks of Marrakech....
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The writer Philip Roth died yesterday at 85. His career spanned more than five decades. Our former co-host Robert Siegel talked with Roth over the years about many of his books and often about the work of writing. Here he is in 200...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: North Korea is making a public show of moving towards denuclearization ahead of a planned summit with the U.S. The regime invited a small group of foreign reporters to witness the demolition of its nuclear test site in the northe...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Republican Party heading into this fall has a president who loves to campaign. President Trump is holding a lot of big rallies, and he does have a larger playbook to follow that his advisers think can keep the GOP in power. He...