ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now an update on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is a sliver of good news. Infections are down in some of the biggest hot spots, but the disease is flaring up in new areas, bringing the total number of...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Peter and Nance are a couple out to dinner on the television show Portlandia. They think they'd like to get the chicken. But first, they have a few questions. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, PORTLANDIA) CARRIE BROWNSTEIN: (As Nance)...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Scientists have launched a controversial genetic experiment. They started releasing a new kind of genetically modified organism inside a high-security lab. It's a mosquito designed to spread a genetic mutation. This experiment is...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: All this month, NPR is examining anger to see what we can learn from this powerful emotion. Today, the funny side of anger. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) GEORGE CARLIN: It's called free-floating hostility. (LAUGHTER) INSKEEP:...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Documentaries are having a moment. At Sundance last month, Netflix reportedly paid $10 million for Knock Down The House. It broke the film festival's documentary sales record. The film follows the campaigns of four female congressi...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Gilroy, Calif., calls itself the garlic capital of the world. And two policies of the Trump administration, one on trade, the other on immigration, are having mixed effects on this agricultural community. NPR's Jasmine Garsd visit...
Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis, House Panel Finds AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are raising red flags about the Trump administration and a potentially illegal effort to transfer sensitive...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's a startling figure - almost 1 in 4 American adults has a criminal record. That's according to federal statistics. People charged with or convicted of even minor offenses can face consequences long after they have paid thei...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The decadeslong drug war in Colombia has fueled a whole genre of movies and TV shows. Think men with guns wearing crisp suits in the tropical heat, like in the Netflix series Narcos. A new film from Colombia shows another ver...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senator Bernie Sanders is giving it another run. He announced this morning in an interview with Vermont Public Radio that he is launching a campaign for president in 2020. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) BERNIE SANDERS: We began...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats have been mostly unified against President Trump's border wall. But on more nuanced immigration issues, it hasn't always been that simple. Some immigrant advocates called President Obama the deporter in chief for his po...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Ask anybody who's tried - It's hard to keep even a well-known arts institution going. To keep it going after its founder and namesake has died is even more impressive. But, to do that for some six decades, some might call that mi...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: More than 20 years ago, Andrew McCabe was a newly hired agent at the FBI. He investigated Russian organized crime groups in New York. Decades later, as acting FBI director, his investigations centered on a similar theme. ANDREW M...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is the story about two women, a doctor and a mechanical engineer. They came together to study one of the most basic parts of human life - pregnancy and labor. That's because there's a lot we just don't know. NPR's Alison Kodj...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There are only two historically black women's colleges in the U.S. One of them, Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., has been facing a loss of accreditation because of shaky finances, and that would lead to a loss of federal fund...
