LEILA FADEL, HOST: The filibuster - it might sound like just a piece of Washington jargon, but that procedural rule has become a flashpoint on Capitol Hill and now in the Democratic primary, too. (SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: We have...
LEILA FADEL, HOST: Estrella is given three wishes after a tragic event at school, only to find out her fate is about to take an even worse turn. It sounds like the beginning of a dark fairy tale, but the movie, Tigers Are Not Afraid is far from that....
'My Papi Has A Motorcycle' Pays Loving Tribute To A California Childhood LEILA FADEL, HOST: In My Papi Has A Motorcycle, a little girl named Daisy Ramona waits for her dad to come home so they can ride around their city, Corona, Calif., on the back o...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: When we last heard from our next guest, Tope Folarin, he'd recently won the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing for a short story the prize committee called exquisitely observed and utterly compelling. Now Folarin is out...
Shhhhh. Listen Closely. Your Plants Might Be Talking (SOUNDBITE OF CORN GROWING) LEILA FADEL, HOST: Is that the hum of a UFO? A nuclear power plant? Actually, it's the sound of corn as it grows. And an exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New Yo...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's flu shot season. Signs alerting and urging you to get a flu shot now may be up at your pharmacy or workplace. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone over 6 months old get a flu shot by the end of Oc...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: I like to ask comedic actors about the first time they got a laugh out of someone. Julia Louis-Dreyfus did not disappoint. JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS: I remember making my mom laugh when I stuck some raisins up my nose when I was 3. COR...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The composer who has scored so much of our lives at the movies has a new album. John Williams, the five-time Oscar winner, teamed up with Anne-Sophie Mutter, the acclaimed violinist, for a collection of new performances of his clas...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says the state of Idaho must provide sex reassignment surgery, also known as gender confirmation surgery, to a transgender inmate, Adree Edmo. Amanda Peacher of the Mountain West News Bureau reports...
NOEL KING, HOST: Philanthropist and political activist David Koch has died. He and his brother Charles were worth tens of billions of dollars apiece. They transformed American politics by creating a network of secretly funded organizations that attac...
JULIA FURLAN, HOST: Hi. I'm Julia Furlan, and this is NPR's LIFE KIT. As you could probably tell by the title of this episode or any number of things that led you here, we're talking about friendship. And look - I don't want to brag, but we brought o...
JOHANN HARI: In 1939, the great jazz singer Billie Holiday walked onto a stage. She stands on this stage, and she sang for the first time a song called Strange Fruit. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, STRANGE FRUIT) BILLIE HOLIDAY: (Singing) Southern trees bear a...
Nation's Largest Hispanic Journalist Group Drops Fox News Sponsorship DAVID GREENE, HOST: The nation's leading organization of Hispanic journalists is cutting its ties with Fox News over what the group says is the network's spreading of misinformatio...
NOEL KING, HOST: People who are addicted to illegal drugs are often desperate to try anything to break their addiction. More doctors are now offering proven therapies, but there are also plenty of scammers. These are people who make money off treatme...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The presidential field is getting smaller. Washington state's Governor Jay Inslee ended his campaign yesterday. His focus had been climate change. And in San Francisco today, Democratic Party officials are considering whether to d...
