ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Taylor Sheridan has been making a name for himself as a screenwriter who tells stories set in the American West. His drug cartel movie Sicario took place on the U.S.-Mexico border. His Oscar-nominated police procedural Hell Or High...
Brush Yourself Off And Try Again: An Invention Story AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Two inventors wanted to change the world of dental hygiene with a new kind of toothbrush. Everything was going great up until the moment their dream was about to become a reali...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Tiffany Studios is known for its stained glass lampshades. But Louis Comfort Tiffany and his artisans did a lot more than that. One of the lesser-known aspects of their work is on display at the Corning Museum of Glass in western N...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: For three days now, a drama has been unfolding at HBO. They've been hacked. Company information was stolen... (SOUNDBITE OF RAMIN DJAWADI'S GAME OF THRONES THEME) CORNISH: ...Including programming materials possibly from Game Of...
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's time now for StoryCorps. And today we're going to hear from a woman who has spent her life in pursuit of her dream of reaching outer space. Seventy-eight-year-old Wally Funk is a pilot, flight instructor...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: This summer, a record-setting dead zone has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a zone where water does not have enough oxygen for fish to survive. One major cause of this is pollution from farms. And this has provoked a debat...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What do old photographs and NASA images of the moon have in common? They are in danger of disappearing because the technology used to create them is obsolete. We're going to hear now about a project in Idaho that is giving moments...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What do old photographs and NASA images of the moon have in common? They are in danger of disappearing because the technology used to create them is obsolete. We're going to hear now about a project in Idaho that is giving moments...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Britain's government is torn between those who want a clean break from the European Union and those who want to preserve as many ties as possible after Britain leaves the EU in 2019. The paralysis is worrying small-business owners...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: More than 130,000 Americans will go through drug courts this year. They're often charged with possessing drugs or stealing, to feed their habit. To avoid jail, they're offered treatment. And sometimes, that includes medication to t...
