DAVID GREENE, HOST: And let's stay here in California, which is one of more than 20 states where marijuana is legal in some form, which, of course, means people can be exposed to marijuana on the street. So what about secondhand smoke? Is that a conc...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: For the second week in a row, Tiger Woods almost won a golf tournament. The trophy for the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando went to Rory McIlroy. But the weekend was really all about Tiger. He's in the midst of a dramatic com...
NOEL KING, HOST: Lawmakers in California are about to start debating a bill that would make doctors screen pregnant women and new mothers for mental health problems. Many doctors do not like this idea. From member station KQED in San Francisco, April...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There are times when we can connect with someone and then never see them again - a missed connection. We've been trying to help some of you connect with people you've been trying to find. In the 1970s, two little girls met...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: And I'm Mary Louise Kelly in Moscow, where the polls are set to open at 8 sharp Sunday morning. Russia is holding a presidential election or coronation, as some here call it. Vladimir Putin is running for president again. Her...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Love, Simon, is your typical teenage rom-com - a boy, a mystery love interest, misunderstandings, treachery and, of course, annoying and goofy teachers. The title character, Simon, is, in fact, deliberately typical. (SOUNDB...
Puerto Rican Cooking And The American South Mix In 'Coconuts And Collards' LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: What do you get when you marry Puerto Rican spice with Southern comfort food? Coconuts And Collards is Von Diaz's new cookbook, which combines the f...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: NPR's podcast Invisibilia is back with its fourth season. And today they have the story of a reality show in the Horn of Africa that set out to change our culture. It led NPR's Alix Spiegel to ask, can telling a certain kind of sto...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Merry Spinster is one of the most anticipated books of the spring. Daniel Mallory Ortberg, co-creator of The Toast, an important website for feminist writing, has recast some classic tales, including The Little Mermaid, The Vel...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: One of the most horrifying events in a terrible war, the My Lai Massacre, occurred 50 years ago yesterday in Vietnam. The story never would have gotten out had it not been for a U.S. soldier who stood up against his own troops and...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: There's a new report out today on abortion safety and quality in the United States. It comes from the National Academy of Sciences. And it is the first time in more than 40 years the group has taken an in-depth look at the sc...
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin are commonly prescribed to kids with what's known as ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. But recently, adults became the biggest users of these drugs. The new Netflix documentary Take...
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: The lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird is among the most famous and beloved characters in American fiction. In the novel by Harper Lee, who died in 2016, Atticus Finch defends a black man falsely accused of rape in a...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We've been talking for months about Russian interference in the U.S. elections and ongoing Russian cyberattacks. Well, today the Trump administration hit back, imposing new sanctions that freeze the U.S.-based assets of 19 Russian...
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: China is the world's export giant. Each year, it sells more than $2 trillion worth of goods around the world. Other countries often say one way China has reached the top is through unfair trade practices, like dumping products b...