'The Ravenmaster' Is Definitely (There) For The Birds LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Christopher Skaife has one of the coolest jobs in the world. He takes care of the famous ravens that haunt the Tower of London. He's got a new memoir out about his lifew...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Back here in Washington, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is sending a warning to voters. With midterm elections now just 26 days away, he wants Republicans to know control of Congress is not the only thing at stake. MI...
In A Drying Climate, Colorado's 'Water Cop' Patrols For Water Thieves DAVID GREENE, HOST: It was a hot, dry summer this year in the American Southwest. In farming communities in the Four Corners region where Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico sha...
It Almost Destroyed Ellen's Career; Now Celebrities Are Playing With 'Coming Out' BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Sam. SAM SANDERS, HOST: Hi, Bob. MONDELLO: Hello. SANDERS: How are you? MONDELLO: I'm fine. SANDERS: Good. MONDELLO: So I was just telling Brent,...
Instrument-Makers Learn A Long-Overdue Lesson: It Isn't Just Men Playing Guitar AILSA CHANG, HOST: Pop and hip-hop dominate today's music charts, so it's not surprising there have been a number of articles proclaiming the death of guitar rock. But as...
Chef Massimo Bottura On Challenging Tradition And Combating Hunger ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Hey, everybody. Just to let you know, this podcast may contain some adult or possibly offensive language. ROBERT GARCIA, HOST: No nudity, though. BARTOS: (Laughte...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: More than 5 million Americans every year fall critically ill and end up in an intensive care unit, and doctors are now coming to realize that as many as half of the people who've been rushed to the ICU for a medical emergency will...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The fight over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court prompted a lot of discussion in all corners of American life about sexual assault and, specifically, how young men are taught or not taught about consent. A Jewish...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: We're going to take you back now to the late 1800s, when eating food in the U.S. meant taking a calculated risk. The country was growing. People were moving into cities. And industrialization gave food producers new, sometimes dang...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Hate U Give tells the story of a 16-year-old girl named Starr Carter. She lives in a mostly black, lower-income neighborhood called Garden Heights. Williamson Prep, her high school, is in a mostly white, affluent part of town....
A New Chinese-Funded Railway In Kenya Sparks Debt-Trap Fears AILSA CHANG, HOST: China has become the biggest lender to governments on the African continent over the past decade. The money has helped build ports, roads, bridges, airports and trains. T...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. In Romania, an effort to ban same-sex marriage has failed. This was a two day referendum that would've changed the constitution in this socially conservative country in the European Union. But not enough voters showed u...
NOEL KING, HOST: All right, we know that giving your mental muscles a workout can help keep your brain sharp as you get older. The question is what does that workout look like? Is it crossword puzzles? Is it computer games? To find out, NPR's Jon Ham...
NOEL KING, HOST: As scandals around clerical sex abuse hit the Catholic Church, a three-week-long assembly of bishops is underway in Rome. They're focused on how to make the church relevant to young people. But as NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports, the a...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Forty years ago this month, a gender-bending singer named Sylvester was enjoying his first spell on the pop charts with his song Dance (Disco Heat). (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, DANCE (DISCO HEAT)) SYLVESTER: (Singing) Cooking on my feet i...
