ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a gasoline shortage in Florida, and it's getting worse. As Hurricane Irma heads towards the state, a lot of people are on highways, trying to get away from the storm's path. Even those that are staying put are filling their...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. Congress has approved - and President Trump has signed - a disaster relief measure of more than $15 billion. It's to help pay for damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and to prepare for Hurricane Irma. It's a much-needed infu...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: I once snuck across the border from Tijuana to San Diego. I was with NPR's Mandalit del Barco to watch people cross illegally into this country - at night, across a highway, through a fence, through sewers and over hills, we ran wi...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's been a fair amount of nostalgia for the 1970s on TV, from shows on the birth of rap music to the Netflix remake of the sitcom One Day At A Time. And now HBO has a new series set in 1970s New York City. (SOUNDBITE OF CURTIS...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There is a giant baby towering over part of the barrier wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. It's a cutout of a black-and-white image of a 1-year-old Mexican boy - his face and hands. He has thick, dark hair and looks as though he's...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When crisis strikes, leaders often call for sacrifice. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and in these days before Hurricane Irma churns ashore, we've seen innumerable Americans volunteer, sacrifice and even risk their lives to h...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There is a giant baby towering over part of the barrier wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. It's a cutout of a black-and-white image of a 1-year-old Mexican boy - his face and hands. He has thick, dark hair and looks as though he's...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When crisis strikes, leaders often call for sacrifice. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and in these days before Hurricane Irma churns ashore, we've seen innumerable Americans volunteer, sacrifice and even risk their lives to h...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Celeste Ng's new novel is about two families in the heart of America who can't seem to see into each other's hearts. The Richardsons are a happy family with four children and a lovely home in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where, quote, the...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right, let's talk about the estimated one and a half million unemployed Americans who have stopped looking for jobs, even though there are plenty available. This week, NPR's Yuki Noguchi has been asking how much the opioi...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: As North Korea has been advancing its nuclear program, one country especially alarmed right now is North Korea's neighbor Japan. Last Tuesday, a North Korean missile flew over the Japanese island of Hokkaido. And that's where we f...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The author Marie Lu specializes in science fiction and fantasy novels for young adults. She wrote two bestselling series, Legacy and The Young Elites. Her latest novel, Warcross, was inspired by her time in the video game industry...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Biologist Jonathan Losos and I have at least one thing in common - we were both blown away by the late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould's 1989 book Wonderful Life. Gould saw evolution as being all about odd contingencies, acciden...
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Time now for StoryCorps. Monday is the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. And this morning, we remember 23-year-old Salman Hamdani. He was an emergency medical technician who rushed to the World Tra...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In Muncie, Ind., the unemployment rate is 4.4 percent, which is to say that just about everyone who wants a job has one. Some economists say that low figure may be deceiving, though, because a significant number of people are...
