SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In southern India, an ancient Hindu temple is at the center of a modern debate over equality. The Sabarimala temple attracts millions of pilgrims each year, but it's one of the few temples in India that have age restrictions for wo...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A name not normally in the news figured in some of it this week. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan delayed Michael Flynn's sentencing and questioned the suggestion of prosecutors that he receive a lenient sentence. I can't make...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Nature, mysticism and political protest - those are the themes that have dominated the work of poet Robert Bly for more than 60 years. His two dozen collections have garnered many prizes, including a National Book Award. Now, all o...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: 2018 has been a good year for Janelle Monae. She was named Billboard Women in Music's trailblazer of the year, Glamour's woman of the year. Her album Dirty Computer is Grammy nominated for best album of the year. It can also be fou...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Across the country, people prepare for holiday parties, set out candles on the mantel, fold a blanket over that stain on the couch. But for all the work that's done to try and make a beautiful, welcoming living room, many guests ju...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A small drone sparked enormous disruptions at London's Gatwick Airport this week. Thousands of passengers were grounded as police struggled to stop the drone or drones from flying into restricted airspace. Police have arrested two...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery today for early stage lung cancer. The odds for a full recovery from the disease at that stage have dramatically improved in recent years. That said, this is the 85-year-old lib...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: For the past two years, NPR has been reporting on shortcomings in one of the VA's most popular and most troubled programs. The Caregiver Assistance Program pays stipends to family members, mostly wives and mothers, who care f...
ALLISON AUBREY, HOST: You are committed to exercise. You've dusted off the gym shoes. You are going to bridge that divide between thinking about it and actually doing it regularly - oops, but that was Monday - and Tuesday. Ooh, Wednesday's slipping b...
NOEL KING, HOST: Today is the winter solstice. It's the shortest day of the year, and this is also a time of year when a lot of people feel down or depressed. Now scientists think they have new information on why short days lead to such dark moods. N...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Congress is on the verge of approving a temporary spending bill and avoiding a government shutdown. The Senate passed a short-term measure last night. It heads to the House now. Still, President Trump has not said whether he will...
The Monumental Push Behind Getting That Package Delivered By Christmas DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is crunch time for getting packages delivered in time for Christmas. And companies like FedEx and UPS and the Postal Service and even Amazon are really feel...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Who is Aquaman? Well, the answer is more complicated than you might think. He is the star of a blockbuster film opening this week. But for most of his life, Aquaman has been strictly a D-list superhero, a benchwarmer, an also...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Later this month, Jennifer Lopez is out with a new movie, the latest entry in her long career. Altogether, J.Lo has been in more than 30 films. She has had top 10 singles. She's been on hit TV shows. She's even launched a top...
NOEL KING, HOST: North Korea is subject to some of the strictest sanctions on the planet. The Trump administration is depending on that pressure to force North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, but new research shows the North is getting around s...
