SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fiona Mozley has already been one of the literary sensations of 2017. The part-time clerk at the Little Apple Bookshop in York was a finalist for this year's Man Booker Prize, with her first novel, Elmet, named for a hamlet in York...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The campaign season has begun for Hollywood awards. Wind River is a widely praised film that hinges on a murder mystery. But it's also a pointed and poignant story about the violence endured by many Native American women. The Weins...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's some newly discovered artworks up for auction this weekend in Massachusetts. They're by Andy Warhol, who died more than three decades ago. We don't know how much the works are worth until they sell, but we do know their val...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When does a comic first realize that he - or she - can make people laugh? Maybe for Miriam Maisel, it comes when she gives a toast at her own wedding. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL) RACHEL BROSNAHAN: (As Miriam M...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: What is the worst movie you have ever seen? Well, many people might point to Tommy Wiseau's The Room, a romantic drama so ineptly made it has been called the Citizen Kane of bad movies. The Room has inspired a cult following, a v...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: We start with a big development in the legal investigation into contacts between President Trump's associates and officials in Russia. The president's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has pleaded guilty to lying t...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The Flynn guilty plea, the Senate Republican tax bill, the talk of a shakeup at the State Department - those are the developments we're going to discuss now with our Friday political commentators, E.J. Dionne, columnist with The...
GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So imagine you've just gotten a new job. And on your first day, you head to a conference room for the new employee orientation. (CROSSTALK) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Good morning, everyone. There'...
GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And on the show today - ideas about transparency. So just think about your bosses for a second. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, OFFICE SPACE) GARY COLE: (As Bill Lumbergh) I'm going to need you to go...
GUY RAZ, HOST: So if you were given a choice, a binary choice between too much transparency or secrecy, what would you pick? TREVOR TIMM: If we're talking about the government that is supposed to work by and for the people, I would absolutely take to...
GUY RAZ, HOST: Have you ever been in a situation where you are - you're apologizing on behalf of your hospital? LEILANI SCHWEITZER: Yes. That's a core part of my job. RAZ: Wow. SCHWEITZER: I told somebody the other day that I'm a professional apologi...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Time now for a story that forces you to suspend reality - but it's worth it. The story is about a secret Cold War laboratory. A young woman works there. She's one of the janitors who cleans up after the experiments. She can't tal...
STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: House Speaker Paul Ryan stepped into a spare room at the Capitol yesterday. PAUL RYAN: This was - yeah, this is the Board of Education. It's where Rayburn did all that stuff. INSKEEP: The Board of Education - a name applied by...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Republicans say their tax legislation will be great for the middle class. A great big beautiful Christmas present for the American people - that's what President Trump is saying. So why, then, is it so unpopular? Polls are showing...
San Francisco Jury Finds Man Accused Of Killing Kate Steinle Not Guilty Of Murder KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A jury in San Francisco has found an undocumented immigrant not guilty of murder or manslaughter in the shooting death of a young woman on the city...
