Rep. Gregory Meeks reacts to Zelenskyy's address to Congress Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks to Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who recently visited Ukraine's border with Poland. A MARTINEZ, HOST: We...
A priest is helping Philippine families cremate and honor drug war victims at no cost Transcript MANILA, Philippines On a recent morning, 44-year-old Lorna Macatuggal showed up at Tala Cemetery in Caloocan City, north of the capital, to oversee a dif...
Here's how a videographer reimagines Hollywood blockbusters as cat videos Transcript Titanic had Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Jurassic Park had Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum. Home Alone had Macaulay Culkin. But for one videographer,...
Fed policymakers will have much to discuss at their 2-day meeting Transcript When the Federal Reserve meets Tuesday and Wednesday, the big question will be how much the Fed will raise rates to tame inflation. NPR's A Martinez asks David Wessel of the...
Many states are setting up their own extensive weather monitoring networks Transcript Forecasters say with a rise in extreme weather disasters, the states' monitoring networks are key to saving lives. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: After extreme weather, peopl...
A library in New Zealand closed for a holiday but the doors didn't lock Transcript People were free to enter without any librarians around. Nearly 400 people used the library that day. Readers used self checkout machines to borrow 147 books. Not one...
Tips and tricks for how to become an early riser Transcript A MARTINEZ, HOST: Many of us are headed back to the office, which means we'll need to wake up earlier to get there on time. Sleep doctors tell us some of our natural wake-up preferences are...
Try as she might, Bram Stoker's widow couldn't kill 'Nosferatu' Transcript The world's first vampire movie premiered 100 years ago. After a long copyright battle, Florence Stoker, widow of the author of Dracula, asked for all copies of Nosferatu to b...
'a Year Other Poems' examines the passing of time alongside the passing of grief Transcript In 2016, Jos Charles began writing a long poem called a Year, which is broken up into sections by month. Months allow one to consider time in discrete chunks...
Amid misinformation, how do Russians perceive Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine? Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks to Julia Ioffe, founding partner of the media company Puck, about Russia's crack down on free speech which has led many media outlets to...
Saving starving manatees will mean saving this crucial lagoon habitat Transcript Not long ago, seagrass spanned the 156-mile Indian River Lagoon like a vast underwater meadow, nourished by sunlight that reached through the crystalline water. The lago...
Ukrainian men, manning a checkpoint for six hours, talk about the war and their lives Transcript Ukrainians across the country are contributing to the war effort in different ways, including manning checkpoints far from the front lines. A MARTINEZ, H...
Police in New York and D.C. open a joint probe into shootings of homeless men Transcript Five attacks this month against people experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C., and New York City have left two people dead, and police scrambling to find...
Young people in India, even those with multiple degrees, are unemployed Transcript India's educated young people are demanding suitable jobs, but they don't exist. Plus, wages are declining. This came to a head with riots in some of the poorest distr...
Dolly Parton bows out of this year's Rock Roll Hall of Fame nominations Transcript The country music legend Dolly Parton posted on social media that she doesn't want to split votes. Others nominees include Dionne Warwick and Pat Benatar. Parton says...
