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Southern California gets ready to fight mosquito season — by releasing more mosquitoes
Sunday, April 28, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with scientific director Solomon Birhanie about his efforts to fight mosquitoes in Southern California by releasing sterile male mosquitoes into the population.
Cult leader charged with murder in Kenya
Sunday, April 28, 2024
A cult leader in Kenya was charged with murder after the discovery last year of more than 400 bodies in a remote forest. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Carey Baraka about the case.
Minhal Baig's 'We Grown Now' follows two Chicago kids in the early 1990s
Sunday, April 28, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Minhal Baig, who wrote and directed the new movie "We Grown Now." It's about two kids in the Cabrini-Green housing projects in Chicago in the early 1990s.
What to know about the ongoing feud in rap involving Drake, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole
Sunday, April 21, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks New York Magazine writer Tirhakah Love about the ongoing feud between Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and other rappers.
Genes play a very small role in determining left-handedness, research finds
Sunday, April 21, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Clyde Francks, a geneticist in the Netherlands, about the latest research into what makes people left or right-handed.
Politics chat: House approves aid for Ukraine and Israel, TikTok bill up next
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson pushes military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan through the House, plus a measure on TikTok.
'Call Me Spinster''s new song addresses how marriage and children shape identity
Sunday, April 21, 2024
The Chattanooga sister trio "Call Me Spinster" talks about how new identities as parents and partners shape their music, particularly their song "Feet Are Dirty."
As the election approaches, both parties adopt a protectionist stance against China
Sunday, April 21, 2024
President Biden has called for more tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum. Both Democrats and Republicans have adopted more protectionist policies in the run-up to the November election.
Ecologists in England are building rope bridges for dormice, its native rodents
Sunday, April 21, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with area ecologist Kate Wollen about Forestry England's efforts to save dormice. And yes, the rodents are terrifically cute.
Meta unveils new virtual reality headsets — and a plan for their use in classrooms
Sunday, April 21, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta about the company's new virtual reality headsets and Meta's plans to have the headsets used in classrooms.
Oral statements in Trump's criminal trail begin this week
Sunday, April 21, 2024
The jury is now selected and oral statements begin Monday in the hush money criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.
Pro sports have a gambling problem. How did we get here, and how bad is it?
Sunday, April 21, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to sports columnist Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal about the explosion of sports gambling and all the scandals that come with that growth.
What Iran hoped to achieve with its retaliatory strikes on Israel
Sunday, April 14, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group about Iran's objectives in launching what Tehran said was a retaliatory drone and missile strike against Israel.
How Israel is likely to respond to overnight strikes by Iran
Sunday, April 14, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with the Brookings Institution's Natan Sachs about how Israel's possible responses to the overnight attack by hundreds of Iranian drones and missiles.
Maggie Rogers on her new album, songwriting, and religious studies
Sunday, April 14, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers about friendships, divinity studies, and the music from her new album, "Don't Forget Me."
David and Nathen Zellner on their absurdist film 'Sasquatch Sunset'
Sunday, April 14, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with David and Nathen Zellner about their new, absurd film "Sasquatch Sunset," which is about a family of sasquatches.
How nations in the Middle East are responding to Iran's strike on Israel
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Iran's drone and missile assault on Israel heightens concerns about a widening regional conflict in the Middle East.
Fewer doctors are going into pediatrics. That's leaving a huge gap in hospitals
Sunday, April 14, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Jeanine Ronan about the growing doctors shortage in the US and why fewer physicians are going into pediatrics.
Hilde Ostby's memoir 'My Belly' traces the root of body image issues and self-loathing
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Self-loathing because of our looks can be second-nature for many of us. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Hilde Ostby about her memoir, "My Belly," which examines what's behind that feeling.
Remembering physicist Peter Higgs
Sunday, April 14, 2024
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Frank Close, a physics professor at Oxford University, about theoretical physicist Peter Higgs. Higgs died on Monday at the age of 94.