RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We now have the story of a really large medical bill. It's a surprisingly common sort of charge, which is why we're examining it. Steve Inskeep spoke with Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal of Kaiser Health News about the story of a $17,000...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Advance ticket sales for superhero movies are always supersized, but even accounting for that, Marvel's Black Panther is breaking records. Civic groups have been buying out entire screenings so that African-American children can ex...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: When the shooting began yesterday, head football coach Willis May was in his office. He was meeting with four of his players and a couple of college recruiters. May's school walkie-talkie was on during the meeting. WILLIS MAY...
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MICHELLE OBAMA: Let's just start by saying wow again. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: At the National Portrait Gallery in Washington today, the subjects of two new paintings helped with their unveiling. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED REC...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For some of us, watching online videos provides a break from work. For Kevin Allocca, it is his work. Allocca is the head of YouTube's culture and trends division. He spends his days contemplating, say, cat videos and what makes th...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What if you spent months working on a household budget only to find that your partner or spouse had already emptied your joint checking account to go on a spending spree? That's kind of what happened to President Trump. The preside...
Trump Administration Plans To Defang Consumer Protection Watchdog STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have news this morning about the plans of the new leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Mick Mulvaney is President Trump's appointee to run the ag...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to spend the next few minutes talking about the devices that have come to rule our lives. (SOUNDBITE OF RINGTONE) MARTIN: Yeah, we're talking about smartphones. This week, Apple shareholders are meeting, and two major...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Are you ready? It's almost Valentine's Day. Poet Kwame Alexander sure is. He wrote the young adult novel Solo, and Kwame is not waiting until Wednesday to celebrate. KWAME ALEXANDER: It's Valentine's Day week. MARTIN: It's Valent...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Judy Blume has affected generations of women and young girls because of her writing about female sexuality. Her books include, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, and, Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing. Blume has said everybody h...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, Valentine's Day is this week, and it is fitting that we have a love story for you. It is the story of a love forged in the hard work, pain and drama of the dance world, and yet, it endures. Linda Celeste Sims and G...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And now to Broadway, where the biggest theater chain is now accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired patrons for free through their smartphones. That's a big deal because an estimated 48 million Americans have some degree of heari...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you follow fashion, then I don't need to tell you New York Fashion Week kicked off last Thursday. Now it sounds awfully glamorous, so it might surprise you to know that during these shows, models are expected to change in larg...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a lot at stake in this immigration debate not just for the DREAMers but for all the parents, siblings and other relatives who rely on them. NPR's Joel Rose has this profile of one DREAMer in Georgia who's gone public with...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Early Monday morning, a longtime New York City livery driver named Douglas Schifter posted an emotional 1,700-word note on Facebook. He said, companies do not care how they abuse us just so the executives get their bonuses. Due to...
