LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: HBO's new period drama Gentleman Jack is set in the 1830s. And it tells the extraordinary story of Anne Lister - landowner, businesswoman, mountaineer and also called the first modern lesbian. Lister came from a wealthy fam...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Judith Viorst, the author of the iconic children's book Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, has a new book of poetry. It's about what happens after you grow up, all the way up. JUDITH VIORST: Even t...
SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: Twenty years ago today, President Clinton addressed the nation after 13 people were killed by a gunman at Columbine High School in Colorado. (SOUNDBITE OF SPEECH) BILL CLINTON: Hillary and I are profoundly shocked and saddened b...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: More than 6,500 people were forced into addiction treatment in Massachusetts in the last fiscal year. That is believed to be the highest involuntary treatment rate in the nation. Although many states are expanding forced treatment,...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: More than 400 firefighters answered the call when fire broke out in the Notre Dame Cathedral this Holy Week. As Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Plus, spokesperson for the Paris firefighters, told the Agence France-Presse, one doesn't im...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Christians around the world will attend church tomorrow on Easter Sunday. In Colombia, some will gather 600 feet underground in a former salt mine. Colombia's Salt Cathedral is both an architectural wonder and a popular house of wo...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Christians around the world will attend church tomorrow on Easter Sunday. In Colombia, some will gather 600 feet underground in a former salt mine. Colombia's Salt Cathedral is both an architectural wonder and a popular house of wo...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week was the centennial of Merce Cunningham's birth. The late choreographer's revolutionary dance legacy was commemorated Tuesday with special performances in London, New York and Los Angeles called Night Of 100 Solos. Jeff Lu...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: If you're into superhero movies, this one - Fast Color - might feel familiar - at first. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, FAST COLOR) GUGU MBATHA-RAW: (As Ruth) The world's going to die. I can feel it coming. CHANG: You know the usual deal with...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: This week, indictments were announced for dozens of medical professionals across Appalachia for their involvement in illegally prescribing opioids. But patients can't just stop taking high-powered narcotics, even if the drugs are b...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And it's Friday, which is when we hear from StoryCorps. Tomorrow marks 20 years since Columbine, the school shooting, at the time, the deadliest school shooting on record. On April 20, 1999, two students opened fire at a high sch...
In 'Her Smell,' Elisabeth Moss 'Turned It Up To 11,' Then Turned It Up Some More STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A new movie features an actress better known for TV. Fans of Mad Men and The Handmaid's Tale will know Elisabeth Moss. In Mad Men, she played Peggy...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Virginia Hall is one of the most important American spies people have never heard of. Now more than 70 years after her World War II exploits, she's having a moment. Her long-hidden story is being told in several books and movies....
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Sometimes rare diseases allow for scientists to pioneer bold new ideas. That's been the case with a condition that affects fewer than a hundred babies a year in the U.S. Those babies are born without a functioning immune system, an...
ROBIN WRIGHT: What happens when a tornado sweeps through? You go to the cellar, and you cling to the pillars until the tornado passes. And it's the same thing in this conflict. People are going to the pillars in their soul that have defined them and...
