NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Samantha Harvey about her new book Orbital, which examines the fascinating mundane-ness of outer space from the perspective of an international space station.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Justin Driver, former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, about O'Connor's life and legacy.

After Cardinals linebacker Jesse Luketa got stuck with a flat tire before a game on Sunday, an Arizona family helped him make it to the stadium.

The online publication Jezebel was been acquired and brought back by the pop culture magazine Paste. Jezebel shut down earlier this month after 16 years.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Noa Naftali and Liz Hirsh Naftali, cousin and great-aunt of Abigail Edan, who was held hostage by Hamas for 50 days and released Friday.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Ben Westhoff, author of Fentanyl, Inc., about President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's agreement to curb fentanyl precursor chemical production in China.

There are days when you head out to report a story, and you think you know where it's going. And then it spins in an entirely different direction. This is the story of one such day.

The Old City of Jerusalem is thousands of years old. People from all over the world travel here to see the expansive history and the foundation of religions and empires — until now.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly visits the Hitteen U.N. Refugee camp for Palestinians in Zarqa, Jordan, and talks to residents about the war between Israel and Hamas.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with four women who are social influencers in Amman, Jordan — where the majority of the population is of Palestinian origin — about their thoughts on the war in Israel.

Concern about a spread of the Israel-Hamas war ripples across the Middle East - as does growing anger at the U.S. for supporting Israel.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from the occupied West Bank on how Israeli military and settlers hassle Palestinian farmers as they try to pick their olive harvest. The report takes a dramatic turn.

Shopkeepers are struggling to keep their businesses alive inside Jerusalem following the Oct. 7 attacks.

Zohar Palti, former Director of Intelligence of the spy agency the Mossad, talks about how this war started and how it ends.

Yair Golan, a member of Israel's parliament and a major general in the reserves of Israel's military, talks about his instinct the morning of the Hamas attacks to put on his uniform and step in.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Mossad agent Sima Shine about the intelligence failure that the Oct. 7 attacks represent for security services in Israel.

Qassem Ali is one of the few people allowed to leave Gaza since the conflict with Israel began more than four weeks ago. He describes the anger and sadness he felt as he left.

FEMA has 280 certified detection dogs trained to find people in disasters, and it has another 80 that look for human remains. And they are the goodest boys and girls.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author Jennet Conant about her new book Fierce Ambition, a biography about Pulitzer prize winning war correspondent Maggie Higgins.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former CIA chief of station in the Middle East John Franchi about the State Department's "Worldwide Caution" travel advisory issued to U.S. citizens.