LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now to a story about the longest losing streak in Oscar history. A sound rerecording mixer named Kevin O'Connell earned an incredible 20 Academy Award nominations and zero wins. This year, he could break the curse. H...
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Argentina can be beguiling. But its grand, European architecture and lively coffee culture obscure a dark and sometimes macabre history. Under the country's dictatorship, thousands of people were tortured and killed. Chi...
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now to Garden City, Kan., which doesn't fit the stereotype of a small, Midwestern city. It is isolated and rural. But it's also economically thriving and culturally diverse. Decades ago, Garden City embraced the meatpack...
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now to Garden City, Kan., which doesn't fit the stereotype of a small, Midwestern city. It is isolated and rural. But it's also economically thriving and culturally diverse. Decades ago, Garden City embraced the meatpack...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: And House Republicans, as we noted, have met to discuss potential replacements for the Affordable Care Act. One suggestion to lower some people's premiums is to create what are called high-risk health insurance pools. But as Minnes...
Trump's Frequent Visits Disrupt Palm Beach Life And Businesses KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: President Trump is scheduled to fly to Mar-a-Lago again tomorrow. It is the third weekend in a row. Trump has always been a frequent visitor to his club in Palm Beach...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For decades, Merce Cunningham the dancer and choreographer delighted his many fans and perplexed and mystified some others. Merce Cunningham died in 2009 at the age of 90. Now a new exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapoli...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The movie La La Land has already won seven Golden Globe Awards. It's nominated for 14 Oscars, including best original score and two best original songs. The music and the film's story are inseparable. It is a musical after all. But...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: At a time when much of the country says that it hates Washington, D.C., politics, power brokers, spin doctors and compromise, not to mention the press, the executive director of the American Press Institute has written a novel that...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Judd Apatow started writing stories from his own life into his comedy on the late-90s TV show Freaks and Geeks. It was about a kid named Bill Haverchuck. When Judd Apatow was young, he says he would make himself hamburgers or gri...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Most of us probably haven't been subjects of a Rorschach test, a psychological test in which you're asked about ten standard images, called inkblots. But all of us have probably heard something described metaphorically as a Rorsc...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Students at one high school outside of St. Paul, Minn., are getting ready for their next big band concert. They're busy studying the music, of course, but also the composers. And this year, those composers don't look like they have...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Living by the ocean might sound nice. In the time of climate change, it can be risky. As sea levels rise, people who live near the coast have tough choices - try to fortify their homes, move to higher ground or just leave. Sam Ev...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump is on the campaign trail again tonight, less than a month into his presidency. He has a rally in Melbourne, Fla., organized by his campaign. NPR's Tamara Keith reports. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: It's been a tumultuous s...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Reindeer populations are being threatened by climate change. A warming world makes their main winter food source disappear. But as KUCB's Zoe Sobel reports, reindeer on one Alaskan island are surprising researchers. ZOE SOBEL, BYLI...
