Trump Threatens To Deport 'Millions,' As He Kicks Off Campaign For Reelection NOEL KING, HOST: Last night in a tweet, President Trump appeared to promise a new crackdown on people who are in this country illegally. He wrote, and I quote, next week, I...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: If a civilization is remembered for what it leaves behind for later eras to see, our time might be known as the plastic age. A Silicon Valley startup is trying to get the plastic out of clothing and put something else in, somethi...
NOEL KING, HOST: A major operation means a lot of medical bills. There is the surgeon. There's the hospital. There's the anesthesiologist. But a growing number of patients are also seeing big charges for a little-known service that is often not cover...
NOEL KING, HOST: For the hyphenated. That's what it says on the dedication page of author Randy Ribay's latest novel. It's called Patron Saints Of Nothing, and it comes out tomorrow. We talked over Skype, and he told me that the hyphenated are Filipi...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Last Black Man In San Francisco is a new film about how that city has transformed in ways that have benefited the wealthy and harmed its black residents. It's also a fairy tale about a deposed prince. And, as Tim Greiving rep...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Why don't you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? The P is silent. I'm a father; I tell dad jokes. See that farmer? A man - outstanding in his field. Peter Sokolowski, editor at large of Merriam-Webster, defined dad jokes for us...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Continuing the conversation about new technologies, this week, lawmakers debated how to deal with information generated by artificial intelligence, which they fear could be used to smear candidates and interfere with elections. A...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: At the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, scientists have been investigating something very strange - a flammable gas leaking from the inside of a tree. NPR science correspondent Joe Palca recently went to Oak Ridge to l...
Mindy Kaling And Emma Thompson Shatter The 'Late Night' Glass Ceiling MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, late-night television - it's something of an American institution, those personalities delivering monologues with crisp one-liners and snarky ta...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: India and Pakistan are neighbors who have fought four wars. They meet again Sunday in what might be the most-watched game of the Cricket World Cup. Maybe they'll ask B.J. Lederman, who does our theme music, to play the opening anth...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: If you're in the market for a new car, you might have noticed there are a lot of safety features available these days. (SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: It can even help you avoid a collision. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: ....
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Bookstores in Manhattan are becoming as scarce as newsstands and neighborhood diners. So many thought it sounded like good news this week when the Strand Bookstore on Broadway in lower Manhattan was designated to be a city landmark...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Tessa Thompson is one of Hollywood's fastest-rising stars. With big parts in Thor: Ragnarok, Creed and Westworld, she's gone from that actress you know from somewhere to the kind you stop on the street. TESSA THOMPSON: (Laughter)...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Franco Zeffirelli has died. He was one of the 20th century's most famous directors of opera. He also directed film adaptations of Bible stories and of Shakespeare, including Romeo And Juliet and The Taming Of The Shrew. His death i...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Taffy Brodesser-Akner's debut novel is drawing praise as quite a debut. Fleishman Is in Trouble is the story of a man - Toby Fleishman, 41, a hepatologist, just recently divorced from his wife, Rachel, a high-powered talent agent w...
