LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Around the U.S., lawmakers are debating whether or not to repeal the death penalty. Last week, California's governor issued a moratorium on executions there. And Colorado's new governor says the death penalty is outdated an...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Two words for you - flying taxis. That's right. In the not-so-distant future, you'll open your ride-hailing app. And next to car, SUV and bicycle, you'll see this option - flying car. At least, that's according to the optim...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This weekend, the annual South by Southwest festival is wrapping up in Austin, Texas. Now, South by Southwest is known for its tech, film and music scene, but more political and policy types are making their way to the Texas capi...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Nat King Cole was born a hundred years ago today. He was one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century. He topped the charts year after year, selling more than 50 million records. He helped push jazz piano in...
MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: Three women were honored with a prestigious award this week, and it's likely they have no idea. They're activists for women's rights in Saudi Arabia, and they've been imprisoned for nearly a year along with other women activist...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: W.S. Merwin was a Pulitzer Prize winner and a former poet laureate of the United States. He died Friday at his home in Hawaii at the age of 91. Here is a one-line poem of his - Elegy. (Reading) Who would I show it to? That...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Fifty dead - that is the death toll of the attack on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. More than 20 others remain in the hospital. The victims were fathers and mothers and children and friends, many looki...
MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This is the story of a girl who lost her voice and wrote herself a new one. Those words come from the opening of Laurie Halse Anderson's new memoir titled Shout. It's the origin story, in a way, of Anderson's groundbreaking novel...
MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: The title character in the new movie Diane is a woman trying to save her adult son from the drug addiction he denies. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, DIANE) MARY KAY PLACE: (As Diane) Look at me. You need to go back to the clinic. JAKE LAC...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A showdown over border security and the limits of presidential power came to a head at the White House this afternoon. President Trump used his veto power for the first time, challenging congressional Democrats and some members of...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The alleged gunman streamed his attack live on Facebook. Then the video went viral. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are still scrambling to take it down. NPR's Jasmine Garsd has been digging into that aspect of the story. JASMINE G...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is proposing to break up big tech companies. Warren means companies like Amazon, which now handles close to half of all online retail sales. ELIZABETH WARREN: So Amazon operates t...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A few years ago, Lindy West released a memoir called Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman. The new TV show Shrill takes some liberties with that book. It is set in Portland, not Seattle. And the main character Annie is not exactly Lindy...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Students across the country are skipping school today to support efforts to combat climate change. It's being called a Youth Climate Strike, an extension of similar strikes around the world, calling for more action to address glo...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump tweeted a single word this afternoon - veto, exclamation point. He was responding to a congressional vote terminating his national emergency declaration to build a wall. In the Senate, a dozen Republicans broke with...
