SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Baseball's a game that honors tradition, like B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music. At Wrigley Field, which is where I believe the world champion Chicago Cubs play, that 103-year-old ballpark has a new seating and dining area...
(SOUNDBITE OF PASSION PIT SONG, THE UNDERTOW) SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Michael Angelakos started Passion Pit a decade ago out of his dorm room at Emerson College. He's released four albums and also become known for his involvement in mental health. His lat...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Public health officials and others concerned about the nation's opioid crisis are pleased with President Trump's intention to declare it a national emergency. Trump's presidential commission on opioids said an emergency declaration...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Hospice care is for the dying. It helps patients manage pain, comforts them, perhaps even allows them to focus on spending a last bit of quality time with their loved ones. But in recent years, nearly 1 in 5 patients have been disc...
GUY RAZ, HOST: So when it comes to rethinking education, sure, more inspired curricula could help and, of course, so could better technology. And, of course, flipping the classroom structure could be transformational. But what about when school is th...
GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So remember your high school science class? Maybe you had a textbook that sounded something like this. TYLER DEWITT: Remember that a water molecule is polar, with a partial negative charge...
GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And on the show today, ideas about changing school, about how we can rethink education and even how different countries might be doing it better. ANDREAS SCHLEICHER: I've been in schools i...
GUY RAZ, HOST: So here's what a chemistry class at the Khan Lab School in Los Altos, Calif., sounds like. UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN: (Singing) Hydrogen and helium and lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon everywhere. Nitrogen all through the air. RAZ: Don't...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We may be in the middle of a seltzer bubble. Americans are drinking nearly 170 million gallons each year, and seltzer sales have gone up 42 percent over the last five years with no signs of slowing down. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Furthe...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There's no question what the blockbuster film in China is this summer. An action flick called Wolf Warrior II has taken in more than half a billion dollars in its first two weeks. That's a new box office record for China. NPR's A...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: We've been following for a long time now a story about an invention that could save thousands of Americans every year from really serious accidents. Industry has resisted adopting it. And now, regulators in Washington may take step...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump is pressuring the Justice Department to go after those who leak classified information. And he is certainly not the first president to be annoyed by leaks. In the '80s, Ronald Reagan even joked about his frustratio...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The nation's epidemic of opioid abuse has created new opportunities for insurance fraud. Health care insurance pays for the costs of recovery. That's led to a boom in residential treatment programs for addicts, some of which use de...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump is turning his attention to the nation's opioid crisis. He spoke yesterday laying out plans to step up law enforcement. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Federal drug prosecutions have gone...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we're going to turn now to Nebraska and a roadside attraction that mixes mysticism and Motown. It's Carhenge. (SOUNDBITE OF AD) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Rising like monoliths from ancient times stands a formation of vintage American...
