Betsy DeVos Overruled Education Department Findings On Defrauded Students STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Two hundred thousand American students now know that officials in the U.S. Education Department were on their side. They took out student loans. They said...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We turn to art to try and process the world around us - the joys and the tragedies. Tonight, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will premiere a new dance piece in New York. It is called Ode. The choreographer says the work is...
Elizabeth Warren's Journey From 'Pro-Business' Academic To Consumer Advocate STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Long before she was a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren was a Republican. When did that change? Well, she t...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This morning, I want to tell you about some time I spent with Joe Biden recently. We met up with him in Elkader, Iowa, on Friday. This is a little town about an hour and a half outside of Cedar Rapids, and a couple hundred people...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Our apologies for the coming earworm, but we think it's very important to acknowledge this cultural milestone. It is the 50th birthday of Mahna Mahna. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, MAHNA MAHNA) JIM HENSON: (As Bip Bippadotta) Mahna m...
PARKER CURRY: Hi. I'm Parker Curry, and I take dance classes. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: 4-year-old Parker Curry is also the author of the book Parker Looks Up. Jessica Curry Morton is her co-author and her mom. JESSICA CURRY MORTON: What is Parker L...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Frozen II has swept the holiday movie season with all the elements you'd expect - wind, water, fire, ice and, of course, a big ballad... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, INTO THE UNKNOWN) IDINA MENZEL: (Singing) Into the unknown, ah, ah...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: What makes a banana taped to a wall worth $120,000 to someone? If it's been put there by the right artist. This banana was duct-taped to a wall by Maurizio Cattelan, the Italian artist, and it's on display this week at Art Basel in...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's the holiday gift for when you can't think of what else to give somebody - good for old, young, women, men, north, south. NPR even sells them - socks. And they're having their moment in the fashion world. Steven Frumkin is dean...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Our dogs grow old more quickly than we want. The old rule of paw, if you please, is that for every human year, a dog ages seven. Scientists have come up with a new way to calculate that. And their formula may be more accurate, but...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: What did Mike Pompeo know, and when did he know it? Questions turn (ph) around the secretary of state in the impeachment investigations. Did he know, as witnesses testified, that President Trump demanded political favors from Ukrai...
Why Did Trump Delay Security Aid To Ukraine? AILSA CHANG, HOST: Why did the Trump administration delay nearly $400 million in security aid to Ukraine? That is the question at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Was it because,...
NOEL KING, HOST: The Labor Department released its monthly jobs report this morning. Employers added 266,000 jobs last month, which is better than expected and a sign that the U.S. economy continues to power ahead. With that record number of American...
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's Friday, which means it's time for StoryCorps. Today we have a hard conversation. It's about suicide. Sylvia Grosvold was 5 1/2 years old when her mother died. Ten years later, she came to StoryCorps with...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: These days, there is this paradox in the job market. The unemployment rate is as low as it's been in a half-century. But men in their prime working years are much more likely to be unemployed than they once were. Ten years after t...
