CHRIS ARNOLD, HOST: I can't think of a drier word than mortgages. I mean, it just sounds like paperwork and - mortgages, really? Is that what we're going to talk about? But what a mortgage can lead to if you spend some time finding the right one is a...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Megan Stack is a former foreign correspondent for the LA Times. She gave up a life of covering war and natural disasters when she had her first child in Beijing. She hired a nanny and realized how dependent she had become, someth...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's well-known that a bad diet can contribute to heart disease, right? Well, now there's increasing evidence that your emotional health can drive the risk of heart attacks and strokes, as well. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on wha...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: For some children with anxiety disorders, treatment means weekly sessions with a therapist. Now a new study suggests parents could also help. Angus Chen explains. ANGUS CHEN, BYLINE: Last year, Joseph Calise, a 9-year-old boy fro...
SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: Making a medical diagnosis used to be a doctor's responsibility. But now you might be diagnosed in a different way with artificial intelligence. NPR's Richard Harris looks at how one potentially sight-saving technology got inven...
SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: When Cathy Guisewite's comic strip Cathy hit newspapers in 1976, it struck a chord with a lot of women. Fans identified with the character's self-deprecating humor and relentless insecurity about her looks, her weight and, most...
SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the Earth - so begins the story of the flood in Genesis. God's decision to restart creation by sparing two of every animal and sparing just one family from the deluge. The ark...
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach In Shadow Of Border Crossing MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Near a southern border crossing today in Laredo, Texas, where the wait to cross into Mexico can take hours, something different could be heard above the crowds. Renowned ce...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Chinese cyber theft costs the U.S. economy at least $57 billion a year. That's what top government officials tell NPR. And that theft means lost jobs and lost wages for Americans. Three successive administrations have known about t...
SIMON SCOTT, HOST: In San Francisco, a bunch of food writers and environmentalists recently gathered to taste some breakfast cereal and no doubt hum along to our theme music, which is composed by B.J. Leiderman. This breakfast cereal has an ingredien...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. Justice Department and a Philadelphia nonprofit are locked in a legal battle. The nonprofit is called Safehouse. They want to open a facility where people can inject drugs under supervision. Prosecutors took legal action t...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Yesterday, Ohio became the sixth state to pass a bill outlawing abortions at the point a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Republicans in state capitols across the country seem eager to test the limits of Roe v. Wade now that conser...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're privileged to speak with a great many famous writers on this program but none whose name is more familiar around the world. If there are any children who are listening and yawning this morning, perk up. You'll want to hear th...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For nearly three decades, Dervish has put their own spin on Irish music. Now those musicians from County Sligo have a new album, The Great Irish Songbook. And they've invited some famous friends to join them, including Vince Gill,...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Today, President Trump put forth a new idea for how to deal with overflowing immigrant detention centers - send detainees to so-called sanctuary cities. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Let's take a moment to look at the conditions for detainees...
