RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: CBD has become a booming business. You can get CBD added to your coffee, buy lotions or lip balm that contains it. The CBD that you're currently seeing in the store is derived from the hemp plant and doesn't have the same effects...
A 'Biloxi' Misanthrope 'Can't Help Himself' But His Pet Dog Can ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The new novel Biloxi keeps a tight focus because the main character lives a tightly defined life. Louis McDonald Jr. is 63, recently retired, watches a lot of Fox News...
Safe Or Scary? The Shifting Reputation Of Glyphosate, AKA Roundup RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Roundup is the most widely used weed killer in the world. But now there are questions about whether it causes cancer. The makers of the chemical glyphosate - bette...
NOEL KING, HOST: Hundreds of thousands of acres of land are going up in flames every year. A lot of it is rangeland. It's home to rural ranching communities and the endangered sage grouse. Ashley Ahearn brought us this story from Elko, Nev. ASHLEY AH...
NOEL KING, HOST: In the last two years, California has seen its deadliest and most destructive wildfires ever. In 2017, wildfires killed more than 40 people across the state. And then last November, 85 people died in the town of Paradise, which was d...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In much of the United States, thousands of Native Americans are living without some basic necessities like electricity or running water. A new poll shows more than a quarter of Native Americans living in rural areas have had prob...
Gillibrand, Opening Up About Her Religion, Says GOP Is Not A 'Faith-Driven Party' (SOUNDBITE OF THE BIGTOP ORCHESTRA'S TEETER BOARD: FOLIES BERGERE (MARCH AND TWO-STEP)) TAMARA KEITH, HOST: Hey there, it's the NPR POLITICS PODCAST. I'm Tamara Keith....
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Drug companies are facing lawsuits over their role in the nationwide opioid crisis. And tomorrow in Oklahoma, the first trial gets underway. The state is suing industry giant Johnson Johnson over its marketing of opioids. Jac...
CHIP BRANTLEY, HOST: Previously on WHITE LIES. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) CLARK OLSEN: And then a car full of white men pulled up and stopped right behind the ambulance. I remember a rush of feeling, Clark, you just have to get out of here. Ju...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: OK, what do you do to celebrate your 500th birthday? Curators at Washington's National Gallery of Art are doing that for the Italian painter Tintoretto. The 16th century Venetian is less famous than Michelangelo, but the exhibit...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When fires swept through Paradise, Calif., last year, we got a glimpse of our future. The fires destroyed almost 19,000 structures and killed 85 people. And many who study the response to disasters say this should be a wakeup cal...
NOEL KING, HOST: There has been a spike in hate crimes across this country, and police departments are under pressure to respond. Sometimes, they lack the resources. And sometimes, they lack the will to educate officers. A group of veteran prosecutor...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Anybody who has a kid with a fever makes a discovery at the drugstore. There are two options for Tylenol - one for infants, one for children. They contain the same amount of medicine, but the infant version costs three times more...
NOEL KING, HOST: Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sees a somewhat lonely path to the Democratic nomination for president. Hickenlooper is running as a pro-business moderate. He co-founded a brewery and eventually turned his business success...
NOEL KING, HOST: You might not think of a prenatal checkup as a thing that brings strangers together and becomes a kind of community, but that is exactly what reporter Jenny Gold found. JENNY GOLD, BYLINE: I'd always imagined having a baby surrounded...
