(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BLITZKRIEG BOP) RAMONES: (Singing) They're forming in straight line. They're going through a tight wind. The kids are losing their minds. Blitzkrieg bop. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Punk rock - it can mean different things to different p...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump is counting on a strong economy to help him win reelection next year. But new numbers from the Commerce Department this morning show the economy lost steam during the summer and early fall. GDP grew at an annual p...
Crows: Are They Scary Or Just Scary-Smart? MADDIE SOFIA, HOST: You're listening to SHORT WAVE... (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SOFIA: ...From NPR. (SOUNDBITE OF CROW CAWING) SOFIA: Hey, everybody. Maddie Sofia here. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SOFIA: Crows are one o...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The writer Jaquira Diaz has a story about escaping the disasters of her own family. Born in Puerto Rico, she spent her early years in a public housing project. Her mom worked all the time, and her dad... JAQUIRA DIAZ: My father w...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Even for Hollywood, Robert Evans was over the top. The flamboyant movie producer bridged the golden age of Hollywood with the rebellious spirit of the '60s and '70s. Evans died this weekend at the age of 89 with dozens of movies b...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Some of TV's biggest hits over the past few years have been ridiculously scary. (SOUNDBITE OF SCREAM) SHAPIRO: Take American Horror Story, Stranger Things, The Walking Dead. Now, just in time for Halloween, NPR's Neda Ulaby looks a...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Comedians and musicians celebrated Dave Chappelle at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., last night. Jon Stewart, Sarah Silverman, Tiffany Haddish all paid tribute to the comedian as he picked up the prestigious Mark Twain Pri...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Every year, the number of Americans who don't get enough sleep goes up. According to a new study, one-third of working adults are sleep deprived. NPR's Patti Neighmond has more. PATTI NEIGHMOND, BYLINE: The people hardest hit when...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some Democrats are waiting to learn what health care plan Elizabeth Warren really favors. The presidential candidate endorsed Medicare for All, the plan of her rival, Bernie Sanders. Yet some of her critics doubt she means it, an...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Social media and artificial intelligence pose serious threats to open democratic societies, particularly when used by authoritarian governments to manipulate the public. That's just one of the takeaways from a new book just out b...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Centers for Disease Control say most of the cases of respiratory illness from vaping are linked to products containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. People have gotten sick even in states where marijuana sales a...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Thirty-nine people were found dead in a trailer this week in Essex in the United Kingdom - 31 men and eight women. They were discovered in the early hours of Wednesday morning in a sealed, refrigerated container of the kind that or...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There are countless love songs and love poems. She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies. And all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes. That's Byron. Google it. But you notic...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: How much human life goes into a single day - life and death, effort and rest, love, loss and striving. Gene Weingarten, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for his Washington Post feature writing, decided to try and tell stories fro...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: If you've spent any time around ice arenas, you know this signature sound. (SOUNDBITE OF ZAMBONI WHIRRING) SIMON: It's a Zamboni. Even the name sounds magical - Zamboni. Zamboni, circling the rink, replacing the bad, old ice with a...