LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: We have a new biography to talk about - a biography with recipes. It's the story of Paula Wolfert. Wolfert lived in Marrakesh for a time and wrote the first major American cookbook from there. It's called Couscous And Other Go...
LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: And now a little post-Thanksgiving edition of The Call-In. (SOUNDBITE OF CORDUROI'S MY DEAR) WERTHEIMER: Yes, the turkey leftovers are almost gone. The relatives are headed home. And for some, the dust has settled. We asked yo...
Pope Francis To Visit Myanmar And Bangladesh Amid Rohingya Crisis ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Pope Francis leaves Sunday for a weeklong trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh. Bangladesh is mostly Muslim, Myanmar predominantly Buddhist, and its military's brutal atta...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A big change is coming to our program and to NPR. It involves our next guest, who I'm not used to seeing on the opposite side of the table. Robert Siegel, welcome to the studio. ROBERT SIEGEL, BYLINE: You think you're not used to s...
ELISE HU, HOST: A Japanese lawmaker did something shocking earlier this week. She brought her baby to work. Yuka Ogata took her seat in the front row of the Kumamoto Municipal Assembly and held her 7-month-old in her lap. The baby quietly sucked his...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: OK. The turkey and dressing may be dry or disappeared by now, but this season also sees a celebration of another distinctly American treat, the MoonPie. Maybe I should say moon-pye (ph). The snack food that began as a coal miner's...
ELISE HU, HOST: This month, diners in Toronto were treated to a four-course meal at a pop-up restaurant called June's. In addition to the food, the chefs at June's also served a message which they wore on their shirts - break bread, smash stigma. The...
Idaho Dims The Lights For One Of The Best Night Skies Anywhere SCOTT SIMON, HOST: On a clear night in central Idaho, you can see the Milky Way. That's because people there have made an effort to keep the night sky dark - dark enough, they hope, to ea...
Less Waste, More Taste: A Master Chef Reimagines Thanksgiving Leftovers ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Food waste is a huge global problem, starting with our own refrigerators. Over this Thanksgiving week, Americans will throw out almost 200 million pounds of tu...
Protecting The Netherlands' Vulnerable Coasts With A 'Sand Motor' SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The aftermaths of storms like Harvey and Irma has left coastal areas puzzling over how to manage flooding. Across the Atlantic in the low-lying Netherlands, the mast...
ELISE HU, HOST: The world's oceans are rising up about eight inches on average over the past century. The seas are rising more in some places than others. As NPR's Christopher Joyce reports, scientists are beginning to predict where the rise will be...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Have you felt like the last couple of years have been particularly heavy, hard - made you want to run away? Well, our co-host Rachel Martin sat down with the Icelandic musician Bjork, whose new album is designed to take you somew...
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's Friday, which means we hear from StoryCorps. Many of us spent Thanksgiving with family and friends. And today, we have a story about those who are alone. David Wynn and Carolyn Lyon volunteer at St. Jose...
NOEL KING, HOST: NASA has high hopes for virtual reality and wants to use VR for everything - from geological research to fixing satellites. And to that end, they are tapping some new talent - high school students. NPR's Rebecca Hersher has the story...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When was the last time you picked up a book and studied how it was made - the typeface, the feel of the paper, the way the words look on the page? These days, as people read on phones and tablets, some books never even make it to p...
