DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Millions of Americans suffer from depression and anxiety. Research shows regular exercise can ease conditions like panic attacks, mood swings, sleep disorders. And a recent study shows that the type of exercise really m...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The veep was at the Kennedy Center last night. Well, I'm talking about HBO's Veep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She was in the nation's capital to pick up the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. And some big names in comedy joined her th...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When it comes to healthy aging and keeping your memory sharp, here's one idea you may not have considered. Get your hearing checked, your ears. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports a new study finds people who restore hearing loss with h...
He Witnessed A Rape In 1969. He's Finally Ready To Talk About It MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to return to a difficult and - for some people - a traumatic subject that's been much in the news. We're talking, here, about sexual abuse. We're finall...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We've learned over the past few years of the opioid crisis that the face of addiction can be just about any face. An obituary that appeared in the Vermont Weekly Seven Days touched many readers this week. It included a photo of the...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: More than a week after Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle, cities and towns along the Gulf Coast are struggling to begin the rebuilding process. It's been hampered by catastrophic damage not only to homes and busin...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In 2015, one song became not only that year's summer anthem. It generated over 1 billion streams since then. Its name, Lean On. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, LEAN ON ) MO: (Singing) Blow a kiss. Fire a gun. We need someone to lean on...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Jill Soloway is the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning creator of the show Transparent and also the co-creator and director of the show I Love Dick. Their new memoir is called She Wants It. And we'll note right away that i...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: America's Test Kitchen is celebrated as a reliable source of advice for home cooks. They test tools, techniques and recipes before making recommendations on the TV show, in magazines and cookbooks. Now for the first time, A...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In the new movie The Hate U Give, Amandla Stenberg plays the protagonist Starr Carter. She's a teenager who knows how to code switch. She lives in a struggling, predominately black neighborhood, but she goes to school at the priv...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Joan of Arc has become such an emblematic figure - a saint of the Catholic Church, the inspiration of so many novels and films and, of course, George Bernard Shaw's iconic play. We might sometimes forget she was a real teenage girl...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: To Florida now. Ten days after Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle, friends and family are still trying to find out if their loved ones survived the devastating storm. NPR's Debbie Elliott has this report. DEBBIE...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Forty years ago, horror fans were introduced to the masked killer Michael Myers. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) KELLY: Myers stalked babysitters in a small Illinois town. The film was of course Halloween. And I'm going to let my co-hos...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fifty years ago today, a lanky college student from Oregon won the high jump at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and revolutionized his sport. NPR's Tom Goldman tells us the story of the Fosbury Flop. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: For a man wh...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Later tonight at Europe's spaceport in French Guiana, a probe is scheduled to lift off. Its goal, as NPR's Joe Palca reports, is to explore the mysteries of Mercury. JOE PALCA, BYLINE: Mercury is a funny little planet. Like the Ear...
