AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Think about some of the things that spew nasty contaminants into the air - automobiles, power plants. How about leaf blowers? Those annoyingly loud, gas-powered, backpack-like machines are about to pass cars as the worst air poll...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A billboard along an interstate in North Carolina reads, real men provide. Real women appreciate it. Those behind the message remain anonymous. And, needless to say, not everyone appreciates the sentiment. Bethany Chafin of member...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's Shrove Tuesday on the Christian calendar, the last day to indulge before the beginning of Lent. So in New Orleans, people are celebrating Mardi Gras. In Brazil and elsewhere, it's Carnival. The British do things differently....
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Imagine an election-year Iowa State Fair but in the center of Paris. You know, instead of fried butter, you've got fried escargot. That is the scene in Paris now. And NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that, much like the Iowa fair,...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We have a winner. For the last three years, thousands of aspiring musicians have submitted videos to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest for a chance to come to Washington, D.C., and perform at NPR's home office behind a desk. Here is wh...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, there are about two months to go in France's presidential election. There has been a lot of populist energy in the campaign, also a lot of scandal. And from all this, a centrist 39-year-old outsider has emerged as a ser...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's back away from the news for a moment, back away from individual stories to see a theme that many of them share. It's like we're backing away from a tree to see the forest. The theme is a conflict between core American value...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Tonight's speech gives the president a chance to clarify what he means by America first. Throughout his campaign, he contended the United States was getting the shaft. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Era...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The first cast member of Moonlight to take the stage last night was Mahershala Ali. He won the Oscar for best supporting actor. In the film, he plays a man conflicted about being both a drug dealer and father figure to the story's...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Actress Emma Stone summed it up nicely at the post-Academy-Awards press conference. (SOUNDBITE OF PRESS CONFERENCE) EMMA STONE: Is that the craziest Oscar moment of all time? UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Unintelligible). STONE: Cool. (L...
