RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you want to get good at something, whether it's piano or golf, we know what works - practice. Do something over and over and over, and your brain eventually masters that activity. But what if your brain could be so ready to le...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Do we really know what public schools are doing to control troubled kids? Sometimes teachers seclude and restrain children. They mainly do this to students with disabilities or special needs who are considered dangerous to themse...
NOEL KING, HOST: Amber Scorah was a third-generation Jehovah's Witness, and she believed she had the answers to life's biggest questions; the answer was Armageddon, and it predetermined everything. AMBER SCORAH: If the world is ending, why would you...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: All right. Some of the presidential candidates have been calling out brand names as they campaign. Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Amazon, she says. Kamala Harris says McDonald's underpays its workers. Bernie Sanders is addres...
CHIP BRANTLEY, HOST: Hey, everybody. This is Chip. Thanks so much for listening to WHITE LIES. If you like the show, please rate and review it wherever you get your podcasts. It's really the best way for people to discover the show. Also, be sure to...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The signature car made by John DeLorean did not last as a consumer product, but it survives as the time machine from the 1980s movie Back To The Future. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, BACK TO THE FUTURE) MICHAEL J FOX: (As Marty McFly) Wait...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The special counsel's investigation into Russian election interference is over, but President Trump isn't letting it go. And he says the whole thing was a political hit job. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUM...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In this country, the forecast calls for more rain in Oklahoma and Arkansas this week; that's not what people were hoping for in states already facing flooding. What's the flooding mean for farmers? NPR's Nathan Rott takes a trip...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Michael Wolff insists his second book on President Trump is all true. His first, Fire And Fury, described a dysfunctional White House. The president threatened to sue. Other journalists questioned Wolff's facts. But it was a huge...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This weekend, more Democratic candidates for president are gathered in one place than at any other point in the 2020 campaign so far. The speeches to the California Democratic Party's convention offered an early glimpse int...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Mumbai, India, has been at the crossroads of cultures for millennia. In the 19th century, refugees from Iran fleeing religious persecution opened what came to be called Parsi cafes. At one point, there were 400 of them. Tod...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Muslims all over the world will celebrate Eid al-Fitr this Tuesday to mark the end of Ramadan. Families and friends will come together for prayer, for food and community. But for many people who have converted to Islam and are stru...
DON GONYEA, HOST: President Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico beginning June 10. That has the border city of Laredo, Texas, preparing for a rush of importers trying to get their goods into the country. Texas Pub...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sir Elton John is one of the world's bestselling musicians. The singer-songwriter and pianist has sold more than 300 million records and produced greatest hits like Candle In The Wind, Crocodile Rock and, of course... (SOUN...
DON GONYEA, HOST: As gray whales make their annual migration to their Arctic feeding grounds, four have washed up dead on Alaska's shores. This comes after at least 60 gray whales were found dead earlier this year along the Pacific coast from Califor...
