Mary Louise Kelly appears in the following:
30 years after Oslo Accords, peace is far away for Israelis and Palestinians
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron David Miller about the Oslo Peace agreement and what has happened since that historic handshake and signing ceremony.
The U.N.'s food program has a funding problem. Now millions are going hungry
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Cindy McCain, the U.N. World Food Programme's executive director, has been tasked with closing the giant hole in the budget.
Google's antitrust showdown begins this week
Monday, September 11, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rebecca Haw Allensworth, a professor of antitrust law at Vanderbilt Law School, about the federal government's first major monopoly trial of the Big Tech era.
Queer rock icon Melissa Etheridge opens up in new memoir, 'Talking To My Angels'
Friday, September 08, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with musician Melissa Etheridge about her new memoir Talking to My Angels.
Historical fiction 'The Fraud' is about a man's testimony of outrageous, obvious lies
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Zadie Smith about her first work of historical fiction The Fraud, about the trial of a man who says one provably false thing after another.
'Yellowface' explores cultural appropriation in publishing via an unlikeable narrator
Friday, September 01, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author R.F. Kuang on her novel Yellowface and why she wanted to write a book about cultural appropriation in the publishing world.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an impeachment trial next week
Friday, September 01, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sergio Martínez- Beltrán, political reporter for The Texas Newsroom, about the impeachment trial Attorney General Ken Paxton faces with charges including bribery.
A neurology professor weighs in on the health questions surrounding Mitch McConnell
Thursday, August 31, 2023
For a second time in a little over a month, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up while taking questions a press conference, raising questions about his health.
What we know about the arson attacks in Russia
Thursday, August 31, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mika Golubovsky, the English language editor for Mediazona, about the arson attacks in which Russians have been trying to set recruitment offices on fire.
The science that goes into emergency evacuation orders
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Craig Fugate, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the U.S., on how officials decide to issue an evacuation order during natural disasters.
Meet Peanut, the world's oldest chicken
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Marsi Parker Darwin about Peanut, the world's oldest living chicken.
Neera Tanden talks about how the Biden administration's price drug cuts will work
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Biden's domestic policy advisor, Neera Tanden, about the administration's plan to lower the price of certain prescription drugs under Medicare.
'Punch, pivot and be appealing': Expert's guide for candidates in Trump-less debate
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Donald Trump is the front-runner in the Republican presidential primary. And with a healthy lead in the polls, he's skipping the first Republican presidential debate on Wednesday.
After six decades, blues legend Bobby Rush isn't slowing down
Friday, August 18, 2023
Blues legend Bobby Rush has been making music for more than six decades — now he's out with a new album, called All My Love For You.
Life in Afghanistan two years after the Taliban's takeover
Friday, August 18, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Fazelminallah Qazizai, a journalist and NPR's producer in Afghanistan, about life in the country two years after the Taliban took over.
A deal to get imprisoned Americans home prompts concerns on what Iran gets in return
Friday, August 11, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer about what Iran will get in return for the release of four Americans from the notorious Evin prison.
The role climate change has played in Hawaii's devastating wildfires
Thursday, August 10, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Giuseppe Torri, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, about the role of climate change in the Maui wildfire.
Author Ann Patchett on writing about family secrets in her novel 'Tom Lake'
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Ann Patchett on her latest novel Tom Lake, which tackles family, maternal love and the secrets a mother may choose not to share with her children.
Texas Democrat Joaquin Castro on the state's floating barrier in the Rio Grande
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Texas Democrat Joaquin Castro, who is leading a congressional delegation to see the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, where Gov. Abbot installed a floating fence.
Publishing company Simon & Schuster was sold for $1.62 billion to investment firm KKR
Monday, August 07, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise speaks with Publisher Weekly's Jim Milliot about the agreement that was reached for KKR investment firm to acquire Simon & Schuster.