DAVID GREENE, HOST: Living with constant pain is difficult, especially for young children. Studies estimate that 20% of children worldwide suffer from chronic pain. This ranges from frequent stomach aches to debilitating pain from cancer, and researc...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to hear now about what might be the best summer internship in America or the worst, depending on how you feel about birds. These interns live on a tiny, treeless island off the Maine coast. They are there to help with...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Bernadette Fox is a successful architect in a rut. She hasn't designed anything in 20 years. She has insomnia. Her only joy is her daughter Bee, whom she had after several miscarriages. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, WHERE'D YOU GO, B...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Thirty years ago, if you walked into a deli or supermarket in Washington, D.C., you might find, sitting in the refrigerator case, a dish called Watergate salad. Today, it's harder to find. The salad's disappearance has less...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Higher prices will be coming to stores this fall if President Trump follows through with his threat to slap new tariffs on Chinese imports. That's according to retailers who warn the tariffs would apply to a broad swath of consum...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Think of a musical you may love from the last seven decades or so - West Side Story, Cabaret, Company, Follies, Damn Yankees, Fiddler On The Roof, Sweeney Todd, Phantom Of The Opera, Evita. Well, Hal Prince produced and/or directed...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Sarah Elaine Smith's first novel finds poetry in dispiriting surroundings. Cindy, the central character in her first novel, Marilou Is Everywhere, describes her life in rural Pennsylvania at the age of 14. SARAH ELAINE SMITH: (Read...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places in the world. And dry is good for radio telescopes because it lets them see the heavens more clearly. NPR science correspondent Joe Palca reports on an array of some five doze...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: How well do parents know their children or teachers their students? Critic Bob Mondello says the film Luce throws in some serious complications as it asked those questions about a class valedictorian. BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: We mee...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Eames House has long been a mecca for enthusiasts of midcentury modernism. Many of its design features are ubiquitous but were revolutionary 70 years ago. Using mass-produced, post-World War II materials, husband and wife tea...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We begin this hour with a report from our investigations team. It's about a federal office that invites migrants to file complaints about their treatment. But some say the office is powerless, and individual complaints it hears are...
Water Uncertainty Frustrates Victims Of California's Worst Wildfire ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In and around the rural northern California town of Paradise, people are asking is it safe to live here. Almost nine months after the deadly Camp Fire, the area is...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There is nothing quite like a high school musical. It's my kind of entertainment, frankly, but little did I know there are people out in the world who actually keep track of the most popular high school plays and musicals. Here's...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Preschoolers and their parents may know this voice. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, PEPPA PIG) HARLEY BIRD: (As Peppa Pig) I'm Peppa Pig. (Snorting) This is my little brother, George. OLIVER MAY: (As George Pig, snorting) BIRD: (As Peppa...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Internet has become a place where we spark and build relationships. We're all one LOL away from friends, family or a potential love match. And yet there is plenty of potential for miscommunication. Who among us hasn't wondere...
