World News Police In Northern Ireland Seek Journalist's KillersNPR - Richard GonzalesPolice authorities in Northern Ireland are searching for several suspects in the shooting death of a young journalist during a riot Thursday night in the city of Londonderry. Lyra McKee, 29, was killed,
News California Parents Sentenced To Life In Prison After Years Of Torturing 12 ChildrenNPR - Vanessa RomoA California couple who beat, tortured and abused 12 of their 13 children for years were sentenced to life in prison during an emotional hearing that included testimony from some of the victims. David
Anti-Semitism As Part Of Her Fight Against Anti-Semitism, One Woman Is Inviting Non-Jews To SederNPRNPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Marnie Fienberg, who created "2 for Seder" in honor of her mother-in-law, a victim of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. The program invites two non-Jewish guests to each
Columbine 20 Years After The Columbine Shooting, Students And Staff Reflect On What HappenedNPR - Leigh PatersonSaturday marks the 20th anniversary of the school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado. What's changed and what's stayed the same with regards to school safety and mental health since then? Transcript
NPR Episode 907: Two Spring IndicatorsNPR - Stacey Vanek Smith , Cardiff GarciaToday on the show, two indicators from our sibling podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money. First, The Indicator goes to Georgia, to talk with a peanut farmer dealing with two major economic disasters:
World News Yellow Vest Protesters Still Waiting For France's President To Respond To DemandsNPR - Ofeibea Quist-ArctonFrench President Emmanuel Macron has come out of the Notre Dame fire crisis trying to urge unity but the public has demands. Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: French president Emmanuel Macron was due to
Hurricanes Scientists At The National Hurricane Center Upgrade Hurricane Michael To Category 5NPR - Russell LewisThe National Hurricane Center announced that Hurricane Michael was even stronger than first thought and reclassified it as a Category 5. It's the fourth such storm to make landfall on the U.S. mainland.
Politics Mueller Report Includes Descriptions Of White House Staffers Refusing Trump's OrdersNPR - Ayesha RascoeThe Mueller report reveals many instances when aides ignored President Trump's orders. But that's a recurring theme in his administration that goes beyond the Russia investigation. Transcript AUDIE CORNISH,
Tom McClintock Republican Rep. Tom McClintock Discusses Mueller ReportNPRNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., about the release of the Mueller report. Transcript AILSA CHANG, HOST: Special counsel Robert Mueller did not come to a conclusion on whether
Aztec Empire When A Mexican American Student Group Voted To Change Its Name Controversy EnsuedNPR - Adrian FloridoA decision to change the name of a historic student group has sparked a debate about Mexican-American identity and the future of the Chicano movement. Transcript AILSA CHANG, HOST: At its annual conference
Motherhood 'Fast Color' Celebrates A Supermom Who Literally Moves Heaven And EarthNPR - Ailsa ChangMoms perform heroic tasks every day, but they rarely get portrayed as superheroes. That changes in the new film Fast Color, which tells the story of three generations of black women — a daughter, a mother
U.S. Virgin Islands Virgin Island Schools Are Still Facing Challenges From Hurricanes Irma And MichaelNPR - Greg AllenNearly a year and a half after Hurricanes Irma and Michael, schools in the Virgin Islands still face big challenges with larger class sizes and limited extracurricular activities. Transcript AILSA CHANG,
House Judiciary Committee Democratic Chairman Of House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Full Mueller ReportNPR - Ryan LucasHouse Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler issued a subpoena for the full Mueller report on Friday, setting up a legal conflict with the Justice Department. Transcript AILSA CHANG, HOST: Special counsel Robert
Politics Week In Politics: The Redacted Mueller Report Is OutNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times and E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution and The Washington Post about the release of the redacted Mueller Report. Transcript AUDIE
Brown v. Board of Education How Trump's Judicial Nominees Have Handled Questions On Brown v. Board Of EducationNPRNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dahlia Lithwick, legal analyst for Slate, about how President Trump's judicial nominees have responded to questions about Brown v. Board of Education. Transcript AILSA CHANG,
Trump Administration What The Mueller Report Says About The Internal Workings Of The Trump White HouseNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Susan Glasser of The New Yorker about the Mueller report and the Trump administration's tumultuous days surrounding the firing of FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. AUDIE
Jeopardy James Holzhauer Is Shattering Records In The World Of 'Jeopardy!'NPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with The Ringer's Claire McNear about James Holzhauer, the Jeopardy! contestant who set the one-day record for winnings. Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Now to the world of where
Omaha, NE Why One Nebraska Man Is Grateful For A Pothole That Went UnfilledNPROmaha, Nebras., has many potholes. One of them stopped a man's heart attack when the ambulance he was in hit it. Transcript AILSA CHANG, HOST: You know the old saying. When life hands you potholes, make
Sports UNC Basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell Resigns After InvestigationNPR - Vanessa RomoAfter more than three decades, University of North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell has resigned from leading the celebrated program. Her resignation followed an external review that she
Quantum Mechanics 'Einstein's Unfinished Revolution' Looks At The Quantum-Physics-And-Reality ProblemNPR - Adam FrankDoes reality need realism? If that seems like a weird question to you, consider the fact that it's the one most pressing for physicists and for their most successful theory about the physical world. That
Mueller Report The Mueller Report Is Free To Read, But It's Also A BestsellerNPR - Laurel WamsleyYou can read the redacted Mueller report right now, free, on the Department of Justice website. Or you can read it here on NPR.org. But perhaps reading 448-page PDFs isn't your thing. Or you don't have
Music After 27 Years, Guster Is Still Surprising FansNPR - Talia Schlanger , Kimberly JunodGuster's latest album, Look Alive, is a trippy and textured twist on everything you might already love about the band. Lead singer Ryan Miller and drummer Brian Rosenworcel dropped by to talk about the
Health Amid Opioid Prescriber Crackdown, Health Officials Reach Out To Pain PatientsNPR - Blake FarmerA pharmacist in Celina, Tenn., was one of 60 people indicted on charges of opioid-related crimes this week, in a multistate sting. John Polston was charged with 21 counts of filling medically unnecessary
Health Anti-Tobacco Advocates Question McConnell Plan To Raise Minimum Purchasing AgeNPR - Sasha IngberUpdated at 3:04 p.m. ET Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced he will introduce national legislation to raise the minimum age for people buying tobacco products from 18 to 21. Some advocates
Health How Effective Are School Lockdown Drills?NPROn the morning of her 16th birthday, in her AP music class, Megan Storm thought she was going to die. The sophomore at Lake Brantley High School in suburban Orlando, Fla., said she heard an announcement
World News 3 Top Climbers Presumed Dead After Avalanche In CanadaNPR - Merrit KennedyThree of the world's most elite climbers are missing and presumed dead by park officials after an avalanche in Alberta, Canada. Jess Roskelley, a U.S. citizen, and David Lama and Hansjörg Auer, who are
Justin Chang 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' Astonishes With Technical AchievementNPR - Justin ChangChinese writer-director Bi Gan's new film centers on a former casino owner haunted by the memory of a woman from his past. It features a 59-minute sequence, shot in a single take and converted to 3-D.
Aretha Franklin 'Fresh Air' Celebrates Queen Of Soul Aretha FranklinNPR - Terry GrossThe Pulitzer Prize Board recently awarded Franklin, who died in 2018, with a special citation for her "indelible contribution" to American music and culture. Originally broadcast in 1999. Transcript DAVE
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass' Remarkable Life, From Slavery To 'American Wonder'NPR - Dave DaviesDavid Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography details Douglass' passionate leadership in the abolitionist movement and his gift as a writer and orator. Originally broadcast Dec. 17 2018. Transcript DAVIES,
