LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: John Grisham, super world-famous best-selling author of books about lawyers and judges and crime isn't - let's face it - known for his beach books. But his latest novel Camino Island is set in a Florida beach town, and the...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's head to Hollywood now, where the film of the moment also stars a woman. It is - you guessed it - Wonder Woman. It opened last night to strong reviews. But what you might not know is that the princess of the Amazons has face...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's talk now about those memories from the '80s and the '90s on home videotapes - the kids playing in the backyard, the school concert, the birthday party, the wedding. If they're just sitting in a box somewhere, they may soon...
(SOUNDBITE OF THE KILLERS SONG, MR. BRIGHTSIDE) LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Mr. Brightside by The Killers became a hit song all the way back in 2004. That was more than a decade ago. But somehow, the song has never really gone away. In fact, it spent...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A new play at Chicago's Goodman Theatre seems ripped from the headlines. A young man escapes a deadly civil war then confronts new dangers in the country where he's found shelter. Objects In The Mirror is based on the true story of...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A 9-year-old boy is saved after his mother leaves him in a locked airless apartment for a week - no food, water or light. He breaks out through a window, and police find him weak and bleeding. They find his mother passed out in a c...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A stranger in the mind of an 11-year-old boy named Marcus gestures at an abandoned old home and tells him, people who go in don't always come out. Now, do you think that'll keep that boy away from the house they call Grief Cottage?...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: One taco is good, but Mike Sutter thinks a lot of tacos is even better, like a lot. He is the food critic for the San Antonio Express-News. And he is now almost halfway through his quest to eat at least one taco a day all this ye...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Wonder Woman opens this weekend. It's the first superhero film headed by women both in front of and behind the camera. In a moment, NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports on the director's lifelong affection for the character, but firs...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The word of the week is covfefe. Ask your doctor about covfefe. (Singing) Say it loud, and there's music playing. Say it's soft, and it's almost like praying - covfefe. 12:06 a.m. Wednesday morning, President Trump tweeted, despite...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Ready for some new music? Well, it's time to check in with a few public radio DJs to hear what they have in Heavy Rotation. (SOUNDBITE OF DEB TALAN SONG, BRING WATER) CINDY HOWES, BYLINE: Hi. This is Cindy Howes. I am a host at Fol...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Adam Frank usually has his head in the sky. He's an astrophysicist. It's an occupational hazard. Right now, though, he is dazzled by the universe of green right here on Earth. ADAM FRANK, BYLINE: Now that we're well past the star...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Each year, states lose many millions of dollars in uncollected taxes from e-commerce sales, so a lot of states have begun crafting their own rules to get some of that tax money back. Massachusetts is just the latest state to do t...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This week, we've been reporting on the intersection of music and neuroscience. And today we are joined by music and science personified. Renee Fleming is one of the great sopranos of our time, and she's also artistic adviser at l...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today Penn State University is expected to announce big changes for its fraternities and sororities, this after 19-year-old fraternity pledge Tim Piazza died of injuries after an alcohol-fueled party back in February. That party...
