AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is one of a handful of dystopian novels like George Orwell's 1984 that's seen a boost in sales since the 2016 election. The book tells a story of what happens when a theocratic dictatorship...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Jonathan Demme, who directed The Silence Of The Lambs, Philadelphia and many other movies and documentaries, died today of complications from esophageal cancer. As NPR's Neda Ulaby reports, the Oscar award-winning filmmaker passe...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Ohio's governor, John Kasich, is back on the national stage this week. He's out with a new memoir about his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. The book is called Two Paths: America Divided Or United. I spoke with...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now we have the results of a test of economic policy. Europe has spent years recovering from the financial crisis, and some nations adopted austerity programs. But a year and a half ago, a socialist government in Portugal said th...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We now present an editorial opinion. What this particular day of news really needs is the sound of a humpback whale. (SOUNDBITE OF HUMPBACK WHALE VOCALIZING) INSKEEP: That's an adult male humpback whale. Scientists recently recor...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order tomorrow that could end up shrinking or even abolishing altogether some protected national monuments on federal public land. These monuments were designated by president...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Handmaid's Tale debuts today on Hulu. It's an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel. I saw her once with fans. People love this story even though it is so troubling, a story of authoritarian rule and female oppressi...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Life was good for Sheryl Sandberg when she and her husband, Dave Goldberg took a vacation in Mexico two years ago. She was a senior executive at Facebook, mother of two and the best-selling author of the book Lean In. Then her husb...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump has kept up the pressure to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, though the administration now seems willing to wait until later this year so they can figure out where the funding for that wall is going to c...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that could have implications for death row inmates. It was brought on behalf of a man from Alabama. At issue is whether an indigent defendant whose sanity is a significant fact...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The sexual harassment scandals at Fox News could trip up the Murdoch family's hopes of growing their media empire. British regulators are considering whether the Murdochs are fit and proper owners of the European broadcast giant ca...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Little Foxes, Lilian Hellman's 1939 melodrama, has two great roles for actresses over the age of 40. And a new revival on Broadway features two big stars - Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon. The twist - both actresses play both...
RAY SUAREZ, HOST: It's shaping up to be a very busy week in American politics, too. President Trump heads toward his 100th day in office as he and the Congress approach a deadline for keeping the government open Friday night. That could hinge on a sh...
STEVE INKSEEP, HOST: President Trump has spent a good part of his first hundred days at Mar-a-Lago, the private club he owns in Florida, mingling with the paying customers, playing golf. As summer arrives, Florida grows hot, and attention may turn to...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case that could determine the fate of two men on death row in Arkansas. Other death row inmates around the country are watching too. Here's the question. If a defendant's sanity i...
