DAVID GREENE, HOST: And President Trump's next speech will be at a rally for his supporters tonight in Phoenix, Ariz. Now, why Arizona? And why right now? Well, one reason may be Jeff Flake. He is Arizona's junior U.S. senator, a Republican, but a vo...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: A trade dispute has different parts of the solar industry in the U.S. at odds with one another. Two U.S. manufacturers say they cannot compete with cheap solar panels from China. So they're asking regulators to impose a tariff. Tha...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A lot of companies have promised to do their part to reduce their releases of greenhouse gases that are trapping heat and giving the planet a fever. Among them are big food companies, including the biggest American grocer, Walmar...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The actress Pamela Adlon doesn't show up in the tabloids. Paparazzi don't hound her. But she has worked in TV consistently for decades. She starred in the sexually explicit comedy Californication. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, CALIFORNICA...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: People in Mexico City only got to see a partial solar eclipse today. But the huge metropolis is bracing for a different phenomenon. Godzilla has descended on the city, threatening to destroy it over the next two days or at least...
Despite Different Styles, Dick Gregory And Jerry Lewis Inspired Generations Of Comics ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Two giants of comedy died this weekend, Dick Gregory and Jerry Lewis. Both were funny, and that's about where the similarities end. Lewis was orc...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: North Korea is issuing some fresh threats. This is as the United States and South Korea begin a 10-day joint military exercise on the Korean Peninsula. This is an annual drill - all of it, both the war games and the knee-jerk vitr...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: So getting calcium in your diet is essential to keeping your bones strong. Well, what do you do if you can't do dairy? A Navajo graduate student at Northern Arizona University got really interested in that question when he came ac...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: A growing number of graduates from one evangelical university are preparing to return their diplomas to protest their school's support for President Trump. Alumni of Liberty University are organizing this effort following Trump's...
DWANE BROWN, HOST: Jerry Lewis was truly a star of stage, screen and television. He created a hit nightclub act with singer Dean Martin. He starred in more than 60 movies and directed some 15 of those, including the original The Nutty Professor. And...
DWANE BROWN, HOST: It all started with A Is For Alibi, then came B Is For Burglar, C Is For Corpse and on and on through the alphabet for mystery novelist Sue Grafton and her main character, the spunky female detective Kinsey Millhone. And now, Sue G...
DWANE BROWN, HOST: We want to take a moment now to remember the pioneering legacy of comedian-activist Dick Gregory, one of the first comedians to satirize issues of race and politics in the 1960s, paving the way for future black outspoken comedians...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Tomorrow the moon will blot out the sun. But there's one thing that is never eclipsed, and that's The Puzzle. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GARCIA-NAVARRO: Joining me as always is Will Shortz. He's puzzle editor of The New York Time...
DWANE BROWN, HOST: Punk, rock 'n' roll, soul, gospel, jazz - NPR music critic Ann Powers takes us on the wide-ranging history of American pop music in her new book Good Booty: Love And Sex, Black And White, Body And Soul In American Music. No big dea...
DWANE BROWN, HOST: With all the news out of Charlottesville, Va., over the past week, late-night TV shows have stepped up their game to try to help make sense and nonsense of the news. Saturday Night Live alum Tina Fey stopped by SNL's new weeknight...
