Ayesha Rascoe speaks to environmental reporter Amal Ahmed about extreme weather in Texas.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Omar Apollo about his psychedelically soulful music and his full-length album, "Ivory."

Ayesha Rascoe talks to Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her new novel "Take My Hand," which fictionalizes a 1973 involuntary sterilization case, and about why she's drawn to history as a novelist.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mark Patrick Taylor of the Environmental Protection Authority of Victoria, Australia, about why he thinks everyone should remove their shoes before coming inside.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton about the drop in the population of Bering Sea snow crabs, and why scientists think climate change may be an important driver.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who chairs the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, about fraudulent pandemic aid.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to actor Ken Watanabe about his role in the new HBO Max police drama "Tokyo Vice."

Last month, two of Charles Darwin's notebooks that had been missing from the Cambridge University Library for 20 years were returned.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Plastics News Shanghai correspondent Rebecca Kanthor about the ongoing lockdown there.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Biden administration strategist Minyon Moore about Biden's successful nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

As Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine, Sweden and Finland are considering joining NATO. Ayesha Rascoe asks former U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder about the implications.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dr. Joanne Liu of Doctors Without Borders about caring for Ukrainian war refugees.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jenny Tinghui Zhang about her new novel "Four Treasures of the Sky." Set in the late 1800s, it's about a Chinese girl who is kidnapped and brought to the U.S.

Jackson stars as a 91-year-old man who reclaims his memory to solve a crime in the new TV series. NPR spoke with the actor about his new Oscar, what it means to be a legend and more.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to energy analyst Kevin Book about the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve and what role it plays in prices at the gas pump.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Andy Yen, founder and CEO of Proton VPN, about the jump in Russians using virtual private networks to access websites blocked by their government.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to pediatrician Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, of Texas Children's Hospital, about the risks of early onset puberty and its complicated relationship with COVID-19.

We take a moment to remember Maksym Levin, a Ukrainian photojournalist whose body was found north of Kyiv.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to skateboarding icon Tony Hawk about his new documentary, "Until the Wheels Fall Off." Hawk elevated his sport, but in middle age, it's become hard on his body.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Anand Wilder about his new album, "I Don't Know My Words."