MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, we hear stories about immigration and refugees all the time in the news, but we often don't get to go deeper to understand why people become refugees, why they leave everything they know to embark on dangerous jour...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Violet Speedwell is a surplus woman. She lost her brother and her fiance to World War I, and she's accepted that she's not going to have a husband or a family. Violet is the protagonist of Tracy Chevalier's new novel A Sing...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Encounter is the story of two men, Fisher and Sailor, on one day in 1534. BRITTANY LUBY: It's a day we know Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, let his crew go to shore. And I wanted to imagine what happened when an ordinar...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, a singer and songwriter named Nella was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the best new artist category. She is from Venezuela. And like thousands of others, she left her country because of the political and social upheaval...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Christopher and his mother Kate are on the run from her abusive mate. They find shelter in Mill Grove, a small town in Pennsylvania, where Kate finds a job, and 7-year-old Christopher begins to hear voices from clouds that lure him...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A new report from Senate Democrats tells us more about the relationship between the National Rifle Association and Russia leading up to the 2016 elections. It says the NRA was, quote, a foreign asset to Moscow. That conclusion rais...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: You got to be in some dire straits to start shouting at the top of your lungs in a New York City subway car. Here's a story of one man who lost his voice hollering at strangers and then taught other people how to do the same thin...
A Place Where The Opioid Problem Is Upside Down RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. Here in the United States, too much access to opioids has led to rampant addiction and overdose. But we're going to hear now from a part of the world facing the exact opp...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There are at least two Judy Garlands. In the 1930s and '40s, she was the sweetheart movie star, the girl next door - think The Wizard Of Oz or Meet Me In St. Louis. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THE TROLLEY SONG) JUDY GARLAND: (Singing) Clan...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Our latest NPR/PBS/Marist poll finds that Americans are paying attention as we learn more about President Trump's call with his Ukrainian counterpart. But they're divided on the question of whether or not the impeachment inquiry is...
NOEL KING, HOST: Yesterday a whistleblower's seven-page complaint was made public. It claims that the White House tried to, quote, lockdown the notes of a call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine. To do that, the complaint says, the...
NOEL KING, HOST: When you look around Washington, D.C., right now, civility may not be the first word that you think of. So it's an interesting time for two members of Congress to receive this high-profile award for their efforts at finding common gr...
NOEL KING, HOST: Before Bob Iger took over as CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Disney's stock value was stagnant. Its studios and networks and theme parks had lost their magic. BOB IGER: We were embattled and somewhat discouraged and not as optimistic...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump has repeatedly said that corruption was his driving concern about giving Ukraine millions of dollars in military aid. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We are supporting a country. We want...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In that July phone call, President Trump did indeed ask his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. That's what we learned today from a memo of the call released by the White House. NPR j...
