STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In Your Health on this Monday, we report on the dilemma at the heart of the opioid crisis. Many of the addictive drugs that ruin or end lives are also helpful to people with severe pain, so doctors have to strike a balance. We ha...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: This question of how to find that balance when you have patients in pain and doctors who are fearing addiction is coming up this week as the Society for Neuroscience holds its meetings here in Washington, D.C. And NPR's Jon Hamilt...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The love story between Isabell and Preble Staver came quietly to an end last month. The couple was together for more than seven decades. The Stavers were two of the hundreds of World War II veterans who are dying each day. NPR's S...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And sometimes being part of a fan community means finding a welcoming group of like-minded people. Other times, fellow fans may not be so nice. Like, maybe you don't want to be in a comic club with Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's no secret that America is going through a post-truth or fake news moment. There are people in this country who continue to believe that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an inside job. F...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to spend the next few minutes hearing about two unusual stories about the film industry. Long before CGI and digital animation, creatures like those in Clash Of The Titans came alive through the world of stop-motion m...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's that second story we promised you. There's a new movie out this weekend, and it's a biopic with an interesting backstory of its own. Remember the serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer? Between 1978 and 1991, he murdered 17 people...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to start the hour today in Vietnam, where President Trump is spending the day at a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders, and he's preparing for a meeting with the Vietnamese president. During his visit, Trump signed a pro...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The fires that ravaged parts of Northern California came during peak tourist season for the wineries in the area. Now that the fires are out, Sonoma County wineries and restaurants are open but feeling an economic hit. From membe...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When Julia Roberts read the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio, she knew she wanted to star in its adaptation. So she called her agent. And as luck would have it, the producer on the project had worked with her on Pretty Woman. Wo...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Writer Tracey Baptiste was born in Trinidad where she grew up on fairy tales and the spoken folktales of the island, stories about creatures called jumbies. Two years ago, she wrote her own Caribbean folktale for middle sch...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: You scroll through your friend's Instagram feed and see the most beautiful spot and think, I want to go there. It's natural, right? And so you do. Turns out that you are part of the problem, according to Brent Knepper. In t...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In the past few weeks, we have heard stories of sexual harassment in just about every industry from Hollywood to politics to journalism, including here at NPR. The senior vice president of news resigned after harassment allegatio...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: One thing the House and Senate tax proposals have in common is that over the next 10 years, they are both likely to add $1.5 trillion to the national debt. The Congressional Budget Office has confirmed the House version would do...
With Shiny Pink And Camo, Casket Designer Honors Texas Shooting Victims KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: As they remember the dead, the people in and around Sutherland Springs are taking care of each other. Laura Morales made sandwiches for people. Ronald Morris...
