AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump confirmed today that Energy Secretary Rick Perry plans to leave his post soon, and Trump says he already has a replacement in mind. The president says he'll announce that name at a rally tonight in Texas. Perry ha...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Every year, millions of people visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. And frankly, the place can be a little overwhelming. It holds thousands of years of art history, from Egyptian temples to Renaissance sculptures. And...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We're going to introduce you now to one of the people at the center of the House impeachment inquiry. Gordon Sondland is testifying before House investigators. He is the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Up to now, the count...
Hong Kong's 'Indigenous' Villages Mirror Tensions Of An Increasingly Divided City NOEL KING, HOST: Two million people, which is nearly a third of Hong Kong's population, marched in peaceful opposition to an extradition bill with China back in June. N...
MADDIE SOFIA, HOST: You're listening to SHORT WAVE from NPR. Maddie Sofia here. Thanks for checking out this episode of SHORT WAVE, the daily science podcast from NPR. Here today with NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey. Hey, Allison. ALLISON AUB...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: After the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the CIA started scrambling to ramp up its counterterrorism operations. That included an infusion of young recruits, many of them women, into an agency long dominated by older men. Three w...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Thousands of children in the United States are born every year with mysterious medical conditions. Many of their families search for answers in what can be a diagnostic odyssey. NPR science correspondent Richard Harris has the st...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A lot of Americans are using gender pronouns differently. This is pretty simple, or it was in the past - she, he, him, her. But many people are embracing what they see as a more inclusive way of speaking using gender-neutral pron...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next, we have the story of one man affected by the U.S. trade war with China. NPR's Alina Selyukh reports on the man and his goldfish. ALINA SELYUKH, BYLINE: His name is Ken Fischer. It's with a C, but I had to resist my bad joke...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The threat from climate change is so massive, so apocalyptic, it can be hard to wrap your head around. Companies are now trying to change that by pinpointing those risks. Some of them are turning to high-tech tools for answers. H...
ANYA KAMENETZ, HOST: This is NPR's LIFE KIT. I'm Anya Kamenetz. CORY TURNER, HOST: And I'm Cory Turner. We host LIFE KIT's parenting episodes. KAMENETZ: And so let's just put it out there. The reason why we make these episodes and why you're listenin...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Julie Andrews knows she's been lucky. No doubt, there was endless hard work, but she has lived long enough to know that success is hard work plus opportunity. And the opportunities that came early in her career changed everything...
NOEL KING, HOST: Harold Bloom, an acclaimed rabble-rouser in the world of literary criticism, has died at the age of 89. While he was at Yale University, Bloom spent decades tussling with his intellectual opponents. He wrote hundreds of books and ess...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Despite President Trump's pledges to dismantle the Affordable Care Act piece by piece, those insurance marketplaces are still up and running, and open enrollment is just a few weeks away. Here to talk us through the changes to th...
Cory Booker Asked About Struggles With Black Voters: 'Let My Work Speak For Me' AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Inequality in education, employment and the criminal justice system are top of mind for two undecided voters in Newark, N.J. Now, this weekend, those...
