Viking's Choice: Cracked Music From The Nurse With Wound List, Hypercolor Rave, MoreNPR - Lars GotrichListen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music. The fastest route to obsolescence is telling y'all that it was better in ye olde days. The truth is that while the mechanisms for music change — rapidly
World News Saudi Crisis: Iran's Supreme Leader Says 'No Talks' With U.S. During U.N. VisitNPR - Bill ChappellIranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran "will hold no talks at any level with the U.S.," blaming the Trump administration for requiring too many conditions. The U.S.-Iran talks been
Play buttonMusic Danny Brown Finds Peace On 'Best Life'NPR - Mano SundaresanIn a hip-hop landscape where celebrity is suffocating and fan bases are becoming pressure cookers, it is reassuring that Danny Brown has somehow found peace. "'Cause ain't no next life, so right now I'm
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gates Foundation Says World Not On Track To Meet Goal Of Ending Poverty By 2030NPR - Nurith AizenmanBack in 2015 the world's leaders committed to a sweeping set of targets to lift the world's poorest citizens into a decent life by 2030. Four years later, it's clear that the world is nowhere near on to
English Channel American Becomes 1st Person To Swim English Channel Four Times Without StoppingNPR - Brakkton BookerSarah Thomas, an American ultra-marathon swimmer, has just completed a swim that no other human on the planet has ever accomplished. The 37-year-old from Colorado plunged into waters off the shore of England,
World News In South Korea, Anguish Over Deaths Of North Korean Defectors Who May Have StarvedNPR - Anthony Kuhn"My hometown, where I once lived, is a mountain village with blossoming flowers." The lyrics to this folk song, which is sung in both Koreas, evoke nostalgia for a time and a place to which one can never
Play buttonMandy Moore Mandy Moore Releases First Original Song In 10 Years, 'When I Wasn't Watching'NPR - Lars GotrichThere was a time, around the turn of the century, when Mandy Moore the pop singer and Mandy Moore the actor existed simultaneously, touring with *NSYNC and starring alongside Anne Hathaway in The Princess
Play buttonWilco Wilco Shares New Song, Video For 'Everyone Hides'NPR - Robin HiltonWilco has always had a gift for pairing sunny day reflections with late-night jitters, shifting subtly over the course of a single track from breezy pop and rock to brooding minor keys. On "Everyone Hides,"
Arianna Huffington Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies At 75NPR - Bobby Allyn , Scott NeumanVeteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died.
Play buttonMusic Celia Cruz: The Voice Of ExperienceNPR - Deborah ParedezBy the time I saw Celia Cruz in concert, she had already released more than 40 albums over the course of a career that spanned nearly half a century and had long established herself as the reigning Queen
Culture 'Red At The Bone' Cuts Close To The BoneNPR - Heller McAlpinJacqueline Woodson begins her powerful new novel audaciously, with the word "But." Well, there are no buts about this writer's talent. Red at the Bone follows Woodson's National Book Award-winning memoir,
Culture 'The Undying' Catalogs The Unceasing Losses Of A Breast Cancer DiagnosisNPR - Sascha CohenBefore poet Anne Boyer got breast cancer at age 41, she believed, like most people unacquainted with the disease, that it "was no longer deadly and that its treatment had been made easy...your life gets
World News Bombing At Afghan President's Campaign Rally Kills At Least 26NPR - Bill Chappell , Jennifer GlasseUpdated at 10:45 a.m. ET An explosion at a campaign rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 30 others on Tuesday. Ghani reportedly was not harmed in the
Mexico Mexico Aims To Reduce Corruption With A New Legal SystemNPR - Tyche Hendricks Mexico is overhauling its judicial system to try to improve public security and the administration of justice. To that end, a group of law professors from Mexico are studying California courts.
NPR Likely Some Iranian Involvement In Saudi Oil Attack, Sen. Murphy SaysNPR NPR's David Greene talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about how the U.S. should respond to escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. NPR's Greg Myre weighs in on the topic.
Highway Patrol California Highway Patrol Captures Runaway Emu After 30 MinutesNPR The Highway patrol said no one was hurt when officers eventually caught the emu. The agency wouldn't say who owned the ostrich-like bird, or where it came from.
Pigeons Subway Riders At Chicago Stop Complain There's Too Many PigeonsNPR State lawmaker Jaime Andrade Jr. was at the so-called pigeon poop station, talking to Chicago's CBS-2 about getting money to clean the station, when a pigeon pooped on his head.
Google Street View Does It Pay For Companies To Do Good?NPR - Greg RosalskyEditor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can sign up here. Last week, many of the nation's most powerful businesspeople released a statement, declaring that Corporate America
Benjamin Netanyahu Israelis Go To Polls As Netanyahu Aims To Hold Power Amid Corruption ScandalsNPR - Scott NeumanIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party are facing voters for the second time in just five months in an unprecedented contest that has the potential to end Netanyahu's decade-long
Amish Mennonites As Amish Leave Farming For Other Work, Some Leave Their HomesteadNPR - Rachel McDevittOver the past couple of years, Strasburg Township's zoning office in Pennsylvania found itself fielding more and more requests from Amish to house horses on residential lots. Most Amish in Lancaster County
Forgiveness Attica Locke's Latest, 'Heaven, My Home,' Explores Race And ForgivenessNPR NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Attica Locke about her latest book: Heaven, My Home. The story picks up with Darren Matthews, the same protagonist from her previous novel Bluebird, Bluebird.
Play buttonTechnology Meet The Nuclear-Powered Self-Driving Drone NASA Is Sending To A Moon Of SaturnNPR - Geoff BrumfielOn the face of it, NASA's newest probe sounds incredible. Known as Dragonfly, it is a dual-rotor quadcopter (technically an octocopter, even more technically an X8 octocopter); it's roughly the size of
Purdue States Are Split Over Purdue Pharma's Opioid SettlementNPR NPR's David Greene talks to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey about why she opposes the agreement with Purdue Pharma that settles the company's role in the opioid epidemic.
Aramco Investors Are On Edge After Drone Attack Hits Saudi-Owned AramcoNPR NPR's Noel King talks to Ellen Wald, author of Saudi, Inc., which explores Aramco and the history of the Saudi energy industry. Before the weekend drone attack, bankers were working on Aramco's IPO.
Israeli Election Israeli Election To Decide Netanyahu's Political FutureNPR - Daniel Estrin Israelis head to the polls for the second time in six months after the country's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, failed to build a majority in parliament.
Israeli Election News Brief: Drone Attack, Lewandowski Hearing, Israeli ElectionNPR - Noel King , David Greene Who is responsible for the attack on a Saudi oil facility? President Trump's ex-campaign manager will appear before a House panel. Israelis go to the polls for a second election in less than 6 months.
Criminal Justice Young Political Activists Caught Up In Russia's Criminal Justice SystemNPR - Lucian Kim A 21-year-old political science student in Moscow is facing up to five years in prison for taking part in opposition protests. His case has rallied a new generation of Russians.
Politics Embattled Mass. Mayor Hopes Primary Voters Will Disregard His ArrestsNPR - Nadine Sebal Voters in Fall River, Mass., will decide Tuesday whether Jasiel Correia will get another shot at running their city — despite having been arrested twice. The city council has been trying to oust him.
Abortion As Texas Cracks Down On Abortion, Austin Votes To Help Women Defray CostsNPR - Ashley LopezAustin is about to become the first city in the U.S. to fund groups that help women who seek abortions pay for related logistical costs, such as a babysitter, a hotel room or transportation. The move an
Chrysler How UAW's Strike Against GM May Affect Ford And Fiat-ChryslerNPR NPR's David Greene talks to New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present and Future of American Labor, about the strike, and the future of unions.
