NOEL KING, HOST: Germany is dealing with the culture shock of absorbing more than a million new immigrants who have arrived in that country in the past couple years. The German police are on the frontlines of that process. Unlike cops here in the U.S...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Summer heat can raise the risk of dehydration. We all know this. Especially, this can be a risk for people who like to cycle, or run, or hike or basically do anything outdoors. And it's not just our bodies that are slowed down by...
NOEL KING, HOST: Last year, NPR Music set out to make a list of the greatest albums by women, a list that was curated entirely by women. It was called Turning the Tables. Today there is a new list focused on the music of the 21st century. And Ann Pow...
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe Says He Won't Support His Old Party NOEL KING, HOST: Today is election day in Zimbabwe. These are the first elections there since President Robert Mugabe was forced out last year. Mugabe was in power for 37 years until Novemb...
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And for more than a year now, we've been bringing you stories about a disturbing national trend. For an American mother, giving birth can be fatal. She is three times more likely to die than a woman in Britain or Canada. This mo...
(SOUNDBITE OF PEANUTS THEME SONG) RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Charlie Brown, of the comic strip Peanuts, is well-known for losing things - losing a game, losing his cool. Fifty years ago, he lost his beach ball. That is, until the ball was returned to him...
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Now, to Pakistan, where a cricket hero will be the country's next prime minister. That follows last week's election. His name is Imran Khan. And for who he is and what kind of leader he'll be, we turn to NPR's Diaa Hadid, who ha...
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This past week has brought dramatic weather events around the world. Deadly heat has been baking Japan and Britain. Wildfires in Greece, Scandinavia and the western United States also costing lives. And then record rainfall in t...
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Boz Scaggs is out with a new album called Out Of The Blues. No surprise - over 50 years of making music, he's wandered into RB, rock n roll and even some smooth disco. But always, always, his passion for the blues has shone thro...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Philadelphia is ending a major contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Federal immigration agents have long had access to an arrest database maintained by local authorities there. But activists and now top city officia...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Electric scooters are suddenly popping up on sidewalks in major cities around the country. They've become just about as popular as BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Companies like Uber and Google have recently invested mill...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Can you learn happiness? Some students in India are finding out. Children at about a thousand schools in Delhi returned to class this month to find a new course - happiness class. India has one of the highest student suicide rates...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We live in times of instant mass outrage. Someone does something, says something or is seen doing something, and they can be demonized with a click. The next time you might be tempted, think of this. In the fourth inning of Sunday'...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In 1945, the people of southern New Mexico saw the flash of the first atomic bomb when it was tested at a place called the Trinity Site. They weren't warned, and they weren't protected from fallout. Six years later, the composer Jo...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Il Soo Choi retired this week after 22 years carrying letters, magazines, catalogs and packages to 643 addresses on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He's an immigrant from South Korea. His wife has worked in nail salons. Their daughter...
