Play buttonMoon Hollywood Shoots The Moon: 117 Years Of Lunar Landings At The MoviesNPR - Bob MondelloAs a college sophomore, I knew exactly what the Apollo astronauts would find when they arrived on the moon: a desolate rockscape, craters shining white in reflected earthglow — and a big, black monolith.
Play buttonBeyoncé Beyoncé Enlists Hip-Hop A-List And Global Artists For 'The Lion King: The Gift'NPR - Maya EaglinThe Lion King: The Gift, Beyoncé's executive-produced album inspired by the 2019 motion picture, has been delivered. The 27-track album — 14 original tracks and 13 interludes from the Disney feature film
Play buttonMusic Music Beats The Moon LandingNPR - Bob BoilenI told this story on the 40th anniversary of the first moonwalk, but on this 50th anniversary, like grandpa, I'll tell it again. It was July 21, 1969 and I had tickets to see the supergroup of supergroups:
Iran Iran's Foreign Minister Discusses Latest Escalation Of Tensions With U.S.NPR NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Jackie Northam and Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, who was in New York, about the multiple tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Play buttonComic-Con Comic-Con 2019, Day 1: Sleepless In San DiegoNPR - Mallory Yu , Petra MayerA good convention is almost a ritual space — a time and place away from time and place. Once you step through that glass door and swipe your badge, you could be anywhere, anywhen; the hours pass by outside
Play buttonHans Zimmer 25 Years After Scoring 'The Lion King,' Hans Zimmer Returns To Pride RockNPR - Tim GreivingReady for more Disney déjà vu? The Lion King is the latest software update to one of Disney's beloved animated movies, this time featuring photo-realistic graphics — and Beyoncé. The musical performances
NPR Muncie Police And City Officials Solve Shelter's Excess Cat ProblemNPR The shelter in Muncie, Ind., needs food, litter and paper towels. Police and City Hall say residents can temporarily pay their parking tickets, not in cash, but in cat supplies.
Air France-KLM KLM Airlines Was Asked: Which Seats Are The Safest In A Crash?NPR KLM responded that seats in the middle are better. The seats at the ends are worse. Some people were baffled that the airline would bring up plane crashes at all.
Robert Mueller Committee Democrats Prepare For Highly Anticipated Robert Mueller HearingsNPR - Tim MakMembers of Congress likely won't confine themselves to former special counsel Robert Mueller's report when they question him next week in two open hearings, staffers said. Mueller, who is reluctant to
NPR Key Moments To The Lead-Up Of Apollo 11 Moon LandingNPR NPR's Noel King talks to historian Andrew Chaikin about the things that went wrong during the Apollo 11 moon landing. He wrote: Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts.
World News Philippine President's War On Drugs Criticized As Crimes Against HumanityNPR - Julie McCarthy Global human rights activists are pressuring the president of the Philippines about his on-going war on illegal drugs, which they say amounts to "crimes against humanity."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection News Brief: Iranian Drone, Border Crisis, U.S. Heat WaveNPR - Steve Inskeep , Noel King U.S. destroys an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on the border crisis. And, a heat wave builds across the U.S.
Polling Church And Clergy Have Fallen Out Of Favor, New Polls ShowNPR - Tom Gjelten Two polls provide more evidence that Americans are becoming less religious. Confidence in organized religion is down, and Americans are less and less inclined to seek guidance from clergy.
NPR Acting Head Of Customs And Border Protection Defends Agency's DecisionsNPR - Steve Inskeep , John Burnett Mark Morgan, acting head of Customs and Border Protection, addresses the Trump administration new asylum rule. He says it's being rolled out as a small "pilot."
U.S. Dept. of Defense Democrats Have Tough Questions For Esper, Nominee To Head The PentagonNPR - David Welna Army Secretary Mark Esper is hoping to be confirmed by the Senate to be defense secretary. At his confirmation hearing, he faced tough questions about his years as a top defense contractor lobbyist.
NPR Trump Strategy, Attacking 4 Congresswomen Of Color, Could Pay OffNPR - Susan Davis This week proved President Trump is doubling down on his support among working class, white voters ahead of 2020. It's a risky political strategy, but it could be enough to deliver his reelection.
NASA How A 10-Year-Old-Boy Helped Apollo 11 Return To EarthNPR - Josh AxelrodThis story is part of the StoryCorps series of conversations. A half-century ago, America's dreams were realized in space. The power of U.S. innovation and spirit took the Apollo 11 crew to the moon and
NPR Members Of Congress Prepare For Mueller HearingsNPR - Tim Mak Lawmakers in Congress are revealing more about how they'll handle Robert Mueller's testimony, who will be able to question him and which areas they will focus on at his hearing next week.
Democratic Party Is Trump Succeeding At Dividing The Democratic Party?NPR NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons about whether President Trump is successfully associating socialism with the Democratic Party.
NPR Instagram Slowly Tests Hiding The Number Of Likes On A PostNPR - Sam Sanders Instagram is experiment hiding the number of likes on posts. The company says it wants people to be more comfortable expressing themselves and less focused on their tally of likes.
NPR 4 Chicago Police Officers Fired For 'Covering Up' 2014 Fatal ShootingNPR - Chip Mitchell Nearly five years after Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot and killed teenager Laquan McDonald, a city panel voted to fire four officers, accusing them of covering up for Van Dyke.
Comic-Con Godzilla Comes To Comic-Con In San DiegoNPR - Beth Accomando Japan's cinema legend Godzilla turns 65 this year. And for the first time, Japan's Toho Studios will have a booth at Comic-Con to celebrate the giant monster.
Climate Change Can The Current U.S. Heat Wave Be Linked To Climate Change?NPR - Rebecca Hersher The National Weather Service warns a widespread and dangerous heat wave is building in the central and eastern U.S. How should people think about these kinds of events in the era of climate change?
Business Refinery Explosions Raise New Warnings About Deadly ChemicalNPR - Susan PhillipsIn the pre-dawn hours of June 21, explosions at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia shook houses, sent fireballs into the air and woke up nearby residents. "Three loud explosions,
Do You Need That Surgery? How To Decide, And How To Pick A Surgeon If You DoNPR - Mara GordonSo your doctor has told you some of the scariest words you can possibly hear: You need surgery. What do you do next? If you need an emergency surgery, like an appendectomy or a procedure after an accident,
Music Priests: Tiny Desk ConcertNPR - Bob BoilenWe've been covering Priests, this fabulous, punk-infused art band, since 2013. I've seen them a lot (they're based here in D.C.). So the request of an upright piano was the last thing I expected when Katie
Music New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums For July 19NPR - Lars Gotrich , Robin Hilton , Sidney Madden , Ann Powers , Stephen ThompsonNearly 40 years into their career, The Flaming Lips remain remarkably ageless and endlessly creative. They return this week with another heady, psychedelic pop record inspired by a surreal art installation
West Philadelphia VIDEO: Man Scales Down At Least 14 Stories Of High-Rise After Fire ReportedNPR - Merrit KennedyIf a fire was reported while you were on an upper floor of a high-rise, what would you do? For one West Philadelphia man, the answer was: get to the outside of the building and scale down more than a floors.
Ilhan Omar Rep. Ilhan Omar Receives Hero's Welcome Home Amid Trump AttacksNPR - Merrit KennedyRep. Ilhan Omar, one of the freshman Democratic congresswomen facing attacks from President Trump and his supporters, received a hero's welcome back at her home district in Minnesota on Thursday. A cheering
Toys "R" Us Toys R Us Is Coming Back But With A Different ApproachNPR - Dani MatiasToys R Us is rising from the ashes. Now Americans may not have to go another Christmas without its once beloved toy store. The retailer is making a comeback in time for the 2019 holiday season with a approach.
Play buttonMoon Hollywood Shoots The Moon: 117 Years Of Lunar Landings At The MoviesNPR - Bob MondelloAs a college sophomore, I knew exactly what the Apollo astronauts would find when they arrived on the moon: a desolate rockscape, craters shining white in reflected earthglow — and a big, black monolith.
Play buttonBeyoncé Beyoncé Enlists Hip-Hop A-List And Global Artists For 'The Lion King: The Gift'NPR - Maya EaglinThe Lion King: The Gift, Beyoncé's executive-produced album inspired by the 2019 motion picture, has been delivered. The 27-track album — 14 original tracks and 13 interludes from the Disney feature film
Play buttonMusic Music Beats The Moon LandingNPR - Bob BoilenI told this story on the 40th anniversary of the first moonwalk, but on this 50th anniversary, like grandpa, I'll tell it again. It was July 21, 1969 and I had tickets to see the supergroup of supergroups:
Iran Iran's Foreign Minister Discusses Latest Escalation Of Tensions With U.S.NPR NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Jackie Northam and Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, who was in New York, about the multiple tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Play buttonComic-Con Comic-Con 2019, Day 1: Sleepless In San DiegoNPR - Mallory Yu , Petra MayerA good convention is almost a ritual space — a time and place away from time and place. Once you step through that glass door and swipe your badge, you could be anywhere, anywhen; the hours pass by outside
Play buttonHans Zimmer 25 Years After Scoring 'The Lion King,' Hans Zimmer Returns To Pride RockNPR - Tim GreivingReady for more Disney déjà vu? The Lion King is the latest software update to one of Disney's beloved animated movies, this time featuring photo-realistic graphics — and Beyoncé. The musical performances
NPR Muncie Police And City Officials Solve Shelter's Excess Cat ProblemNPR The shelter in Muncie, Ind., needs food, litter and paper towels. Police and City Hall say residents can temporarily pay their parking tickets, not in cash, but in cat supplies.
Air France-KLM KLM Airlines Was Asked: Which Seats Are The Safest In A Crash?NPR KLM responded that seats in the middle are better. The seats at the ends are worse. Some people were baffled that the airline would bring up plane crashes at all.
Robert Mueller Committee Democrats Prepare For Highly Anticipated Robert Mueller HearingsNPR - Tim MakMembers of Congress likely won't confine themselves to former special counsel Robert Mueller's report when they question him next week in two open hearings, staffers said. Mueller, who is reluctant to
NPR Key Moments To The Lead-Up Of Apollo 11 Moon LandingNPR NPR's Noel King talks to historian Andrew Chaikin about the things that went wrong during the Apollo 11 moon landing. He wrote: Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts.
World News Philippine President's War On Drugs Criticized As Crimes Against HumanityNPR - Julie McCarthy Global human rights activists are pressuring the president of the Philippines about his on-going war on illegal drugs, which they say amounts to "crimes against humanity."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection News Brief: Iranian Drone, Border Crisis, U.S. Heat WaveNPR - Steve Inskeep , Noel King U.S. destroys an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on the border crisis. And, a heat wave builds across the U.S.
Polling Church And Clergy Have Fallen Out Of Favor, New Polls ShowNPR - Tom Gjelten Two polls provide more evidence that Americans are becoming less religious. Confidence in organized religion is down, and Americans are less and less inclined to seek guidance from clergy.
NPR Acting Head Of Customs And Border Protection Defends Agency's DecisionsNPR - Steve Inskeep , John Burnett Mark Morgan, acting head of Customs and Border Protection, addresses the Trump administration new asylum rule. He says it's being rolled out as a small "pilot."
U.S. Dept. of Defense Democrats Have Tough Questions For Esper, Nominee To Head The PentagonNPR - David Welna Army Secretary Mark Esper is hoping to be confirmed by the Senate to be defense secretary. At his confirmation hearing, he faced tough questions about his years as a top defense contractor lobbyist.
NPR Trump Strategy, Attacking 4 Congresswomen Of Color, Could Pay OffNPR - Susan Davis This week proved President Trump is doubling down on his support among working class, white voters ahead of 2020. It's a risky political strategy, but it could be enough to deliver his reelection.
NASA How A 10-Year-Old-Boy Helped Apollo 11 Return To EarthNPR - Josh AxelrodThis story is part of the StoryCorps series of conversations. A half-century ago, America's dreams were realized in space. The power of U.S. innovation and spirit took the Apollo 11 crew to the moon and
NPR Members Of Congress Prepare For Mueller HearingsNPR - Tim Mak Lawmakers in Congress are revealing more about how they'll handle Robert Mueller's testimony, who will be able to question him and which areas they will focus on at his hearing next week.
Democratic Party Is Trump Succeeding At Dividing The Democratic Party?NPR NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons about whether President Trump is successfully associating socialism with the Democratic Party.
NPR Instagram Slowly Tests Hiding The Number Of Likes On A PostNPR - Sam Sanders Instagram is experiment hiding the number of likes on posts. The company says it wants people to be more comfortable expressing themselves and less focused on their tally of likes.
NPR 4 Chicago Police Officers Fired For 'Covering Up' 2014 Fatal ShootingNPR - Chip Mitchell Nearly five years after Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot and killed teenager Laquan McDonald, a city panel voted to fire four officers, accusing them of covering up for Van Dyke.
Comic-Con Godzilla Comes To Comic-Con In San DiegoNPR - Beth Accomando Japan's cinema legend Godzilla turns 65 this year. And for the first time, Japan's Toho Studios will have a booth at Comic-Con to celebrate the giant monster.
Climate Change Can The Current U.S. Heat Wave Be Linked To Climate Change?NPR - Rebecca Hersher The National Weather Service warns a widespread and dangerous heat wave is building in the central and eastern U.S. How should people think about these kinds of events in the era of climate change?
Business Refinery Explosions Raise New Warnings About Deadly ChemicalNPR - Susan PhillipsIn the pre-dawn hours of June 21, explosions at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia shook houses, sent fireballs into the air and woke up nearby residents. "Three loud explosions,
Do You Need That Surgery? How To Decide, And How To Pick A Surgeon If You DoNPR - Mara GordonSo your doctor has told you some of the scariest words you can possibly hear: You need surgery. What do you do next? If you need an emergency surgery, like an appendectomy or a procedure after an accident,
Music Priests: Tiny Desk ConcertNPR - Bob BoilenWe've been covering Priests, this fabulous, punk-infused art band, since 2013. I've seen them a lot (they're based here in D.C.). So the request of an upright piano was the last thing I expected when Katie
Music New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums For July 19NPR - Lars Gotrich , Robin Hilton , Sidney Madden , Ann Powers , Stephen ThompsonNearly 40 years into their career, The Flaming Lips remain remarkably ageless and endlessly creative. They return this week with another heady, psychedelic pop record inspired by a surreal art installation
West Philadelphia VIDEO: Man Scales Down At Least 14 Stories Of High-Rise After Fire ReportedNPR - Merrit KennedyIf a fire was reported while you were on an upper floor of a high-rise, what would you do? For one West Philadelphia man, the answer was: get to the outside of the building and scale down more than a floors.
Ilhan Omar Rep. Ilhan Omar Receives Hero's Welcome Home Amid Trump AttacksNPR - Merrit KennedyRep. Ilhan Omar, one of the freshman Democratic congresswomen facing attacks from President Trump and his supporters, received a hero's welcome back at her home district in Minnesota on Thursday. A cheering
Toys "R" Us Toys R Us Is Coming Back But With A Different ApproachNPR - Dani MatiasToys R Us is rising from the ashes. Now Americans may not have to go another Christmas without its once beloved toy store. The retailer is making a comeback in time for the 2019 holiday season with a approach.
