ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Open enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act doesn't start for another six weeks. But the insurance startup Oscar Health launched an ad campaign today aimed at getting young people to enroll. The company decid...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Let me introduce you to Melisande Short-Colomb. She's a freshman at Georgetown University here in D.C. MELISANDE SHORT-COLOMB: I have one class in African-American studies. I have a class in anthropology. I have a problem of...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's talk about currency. The U.S. dollar rallied a bit last week. But it is still down sharply from its peak at the beginning of the year. So is that a good thing or is it kind of troubling? NPR's John Ydstie answers that questi...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Amazon wants to find a home for a second headquarters. The Seattle-born company put out the word about two weeks ago and has set a deadline of mid-October. We'll find out who's in the running on this week's All Tech Considered. (SO...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: More than 400,000 Muslim-minority Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in just the past three weeks. This huge number of people is straining the capacity of aid agencies on the ground and of the Bangladesh government, and more...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: When three former employees filed a class-action lawsuit last week against Google alleging discrimination against women, it opened the latest chapter in what's become a running story featuring accusations of sexism in the tec...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The School For Good And Evil isn't just a fantasy novel series for middle-grade readers. It's a low-key empire. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) CHANG: There's an interactive website, a YouTube channel... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) JOAN...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Last night's Emmys had the usual song and dance plus a dose of politics. From the opening monologue to a cameo by former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, the political mood even extended to the biggest winner of the night....
Conversations Between 2 20th-Century Icons Inspires A New Play AILSA CHANG, HOST: Andy Warhol and Truman Capote were giants in their respective fields, but you might not know that they started working on a Broadway play together. They never finished,...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: We're going to hear now about the two sides of life in the Iraqi city of Mosul. It has been three months since ISIS was forced out of the city. The fighting reduced one side, the west, to ruins. The eastern side of Mosul, tho...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: How to deal with North Korea? That's a question that'll be front and center when the U.N. General Assembly meets in New York this week. President Trump will be there along with dozens of other world leaders. After the latest...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Lots of people take prescription medications such as Xanax or Zoloft for anxiety and depression, but is it OK to take them while pregnant? NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on new findings that offer some answers. ALLISON AUBREY,...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now the latest news from the American Academy of Pediatrics - at their national conference in Chicago today, the academy is announcing new recommendations on tattoos and piercings for teens and young adults. Here's NPR's Patti...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: When Apple announced the new iPhone can use facial recognition technology to unlock the device, the response may not have been what Apple had hoped for. The feature immediately raised privacy and security concerns. To hear more a...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: When Apple announced the new iPhone can use facial recognition technology to unlock the device, the response may not have been what Apple had hoped for. The feature immediately raised privacy and security concerns. To hear more a...
