ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Marlon James could have chosen to write about anything after his last novel, A Brief History Of Seven Killings. That kaleidoscopic account of Jamaica won the prestigious Man Booker Prize. So there were a few gasps when the author r...
SHANKAR VEDANTAM, HOST: This is HIDDEN BRAIN. I'm Shankar Vedantam. If you type in the words left brain versus right brain on YouTube, it's not long before you'll find yourself in a vortex of weird claims and outlandish hype. (SOUNDBITE OF YOUTUBE VI...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. A tourism boom is changing the face of Japan. The number of visitors has nearly tripled in the past five years to about 30 million, and the country is scrambling to build enough hotels ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympic...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. A tourism boom is changing the face of Japan. The number of visitors has nearly tripled in the past five years to about 30 million, and the country is scrambling to build enough hotels ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympic...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Restaurants serving Chinese or Taiwanese food in the U.S. often use the same few words in their names. Think golden and dragon. But NPR's Hansi Lo Wang has been noticing a different trend in New York City. HANSI LO WANG, BYLINE:...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In many ways, the business of Los Angeles is storytelling. And this hub of the American entertainment industry has a unique story of its own, which is told in a new book called Dear Los Angeles: The City In Diaries And Letters. E...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump will give his second State of the Union address tonight, and, as is custom, the party not in power will get a chance to present a rebuttal. Usually, that person is someone currently serving in elected office. This...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: All right. The Justice Department has brought many cases against suspected Chinese hackers by now. They're accused of stealing American companies' intellectual property and trade secrets. But cyber theft, by all accounts, continu...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This month, NPR is exploring anger and what we can learn from it. We're going to focus this morning on anger's role in depression. Most people think of symptoms of depression as fatigue, trouble concentrating, maybe even thoughts...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some Super Bowls are thrilling. And some are like last night, when the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl game in history. Of course, the game is only part of the spectacle. Were the h...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Democratic control of the House of Representatives gives the party a chance to set the national agenda - a chance; not a guarantee. The Democrats' first four weeks were consumed by a high-stakes shutdown standoff with President T...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Two political careers are right at the edge of change in Virginia this morning. One is that of Governor Ralph Northam. The Democrat apologized for a racist photo discovered in his medical school yearbook from 1984. But he then sa...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Two political careers are right at the edge of change in Virginia this morning. One is that of Governor Ralph Northam. The Democrat apologized for a racist photo discovered in his medical school yearbook from 1984. But he then sa...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: After a delay because of the partial government shutdown, President Trump will deliver the State of the Union address Tuesday night. To give the Democratic response, the party has chosen Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia state la...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: One of the favorite sons of Lubbock, Texas, died 60 years ago today in a plane crash. Buddy Holly left an indelible mark on popular music and culture. Today in Lubbock, you can find plenty of homages to the rock 'n' roll ic...
