MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: There are as many as 5 million severe cases of the flu each year. So far, there have been around 20,000 cases of the new coronavirus, most of them mild. Yet, in response to the coronavirus, governments have shut down border c...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We want to bring in the latest on another major story that we are watching closely - coronavirus. The outbreak keeps intensifying. China is now reporting more than 2,800 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to...
'A Woman Like Her' Looks At Murder Of Pakistan Social Media S RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The story of Qandeel Baloch was a harrowing one that gripped her home country of Pakistan. She was a social media star, ambitious, beautiful and daring. Her posts wer...
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, HOST: We've been starting this new year off with some music. (SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE) ANDREA BOCELLI: (Singing in non-English language). TRAVIS SCOTT: (Rapping) Made this here with all the ice on in the booth. LEANN RIMES: (Vocalizing...
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: And finally today, new music from a 22-year-old Australian singer with a soulful voice. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, GONE) SAYGRACE: (Singing) Yeah, yeah. They say you don't know what you got, yeah, yeah, no, till it's gone, gone, gone....
DAVID GREENE, HOST: As of this morning, there are 11 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in the United States. The most recent are in California, including the second instance of person-to-person transmission in this country. The Department of...
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, HOST: Our next story might make some of you very squeamish, especially if you've suffered from avocado hand. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: I'm an early adopter on avocado hand. FOLKENFLIK: That's NPR's Tamara Keith. She injured herself 10 y...
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, HOST: Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras headed to Havana for a week of performances and workshops by the New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) FOLKENFLIK: He produced a podcast capturing the sights and sounds of t...
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The band Drive-By Truckers has come a long way from its earliest days when fans could rock to albums with slyly Southern titles - Pizza Deliverance, Alabama Ass Whuppin' - offering profane and smile-worthy songs like Too Much Se...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONIC YOUTH'S DISCONNECTION NOTICE) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: With the new year comes new promises and new goals, new friendships and new rules. KWAME ALEXANDER, BYLINE: But some rules, Rachel, are meant to be broken. MARTIN: They are, aren'...
