RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're now going to shift over to the United Kingdom, where energy use has been dropping over the past 15 years. But it's been a quiet victory and a mysterious one, as NPR's Camila Domonoske reports. CAMILA DOMONOSKE, BYLINE: Brit...
From Believeland To Blockland Cleveland Aims To Be A Tech Hub STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Cleveland, Ohio, is moving to update its image and its economy. The city known for old-line industries, Lake Erie, LeBron James and the Rock Roll Hall of Fame wants to...
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's Friday, which means it's time for StoryCorps. Fifty years ago, Roy Daley was living in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. He was 23 when a friend offered him a job in the United States. He hopped a pl...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Two acts of violence in Pakistan today highlighted two trends in that giant country. One attack was a bomb at an open-air vegetable market. Early estimates found more than 35 people were killed in the explosion. The attack was in...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Small donors are one of the big reasons Democrats now control the House of Representatives. The independent digital fundraising platform called ActBlue helped make that happen. Now Republicans want their own version of ActBlue. H...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats may end up flipping 40 House seats this year. Many of that party's wins in the midterms were in the suburbs. Districts around Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and Oklahoma City all went blue. So how's that going to transla...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A few weeks ago, we asked you to share with us what it is about America that you're most thankful for. And you did share. We received over a thousand responses, all very thoughtful, wholehearted, earnest. We gave your responses t...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BALLADE DES GROS DINDONS) UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing in French). RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: That's an excerpt from a piece that in English translates to Ballad Of The Fat Turkeys. It's by the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier. And it...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now we have a story of what can go wrong when you fall in love. In India, parents have a big say in who their kids marry. When a child's heart tugs them another way, particularly towards someone of a different caste or a differen...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Doctors have become increasingly vocal in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis. That posture has drawn the wrath of the NRA, which tweeted recently, someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in thei...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In an extraordinary move, the chief justice of the United States, John Roberts, has released a statement rebuking President Trump for comments he made yesterday disparaging a federal judge. Within hours, Trump fired back on Twitt...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Mississippi has a Senate race to settle next week. It's a runoff, and it's been overshadowed by one event. Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith made a comment. She said of a man at an event with her that she liked him so much, quo...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Northern India has some of the worst air quality in the world. This month, pollution in the capital, New Delhi, hit 20 times what the World Health Organization considers safe. Make a list of the world's 10 most polluted cities an...
ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Hey, everyone. So this is our last show of Season 2, and as such, we need a little help from you, our audience. Please go to npr.org/podcastsurvey to take a quick survey about the show. It's going to help us learn more about our...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Americans take for granted that most things they buy online will arrive on their doorstep two days after they clicked the order button. When Amazon introduced two-day shipping, it was a huge shift in retail thinking. To stay comp...
