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Novel 'The Covenant of Water' tells of a family in India haunted by a medical mystery

Thursday, August 31, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the author Abraham Verghese about his new novel The Covenant of Water in which a family in India is haunted by a medical mystery.

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With her her 8th U.S. Championship win, Simone Biles is still the gymnastics GOAT

Monday, August 28, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer Camonghne Felix about how Simone Biles won her eighth U.S. Championship Sunday night — a record — 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport.

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5 things to know about Japan's Fukushima water release in the Pacific

Thursday, August 24, 2023

The water comes from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Although most scientists agree it does not pose an immediate environmental threat, some are worried about the long-term consequences.

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Yellowknife residents wonder if wildfires are the new normal as western Canada burns

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Nearly all 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, have evacuated, while thousands more in neighboring British Columbia have fled, too.

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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.

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Niger coup leaders charge deposed president for treason, deepening worry for region

Monday, August 14, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with researcher Andrew Lebovich about the aftermath of the coup in Niger, where leaders of the military say they will prosecute the country's deposed president for treason.

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How Nicki Minaj took hip hop by storm in 2010

Friday, August 11, 2023

Nicki Minaj spent years hustling in the rap world before she even put out an album. Then in 2010, it all came together with a celebrated guest verse and a debut album that took hip hop by storm.

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Hip-hop at 50: A history of explosive musical and cultural innovation

Friday, August 11, 2023

To mark hip-hop's 50th anniversary, NPR's All Things Considered explores five moments that are integral to how the culture grew and evolved.

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Sixto Rodriguez, singer-songwriter of 'Searching for Sugar Man' doc, is dead at 81

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Sixto Rodriguez, the musician whose story was documented in the film Searching for Sugar Man, has died at 81. He had minor success in the U.S., but was surprised to learn his music was a hit abroad.

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The birth of trap music and the rise of southern hip-hop

Thursday, August 10, 2023

In 2003, T.I. and other Atlanta rappers created new subgenre of rap: trap music. Twenty years later, its influence is everywhere.

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'Rapper's Delight': How hip-hop got its first record deal

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Hip-hop was born at a party in 1973, but it'd be another six years until the first commercial hip-hop records. People have differing views of it, but the release of "Rapper's Delight" changed history.

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50 years ago, teenagers partied in the Bronx — and gave rise to hip-hop

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

In August 1973, an 18-year-old DJ Kool Herc played his sister's back-to-school fundraiser in the rec room of their apartment building. But he and his friends sparked something much bigger.

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Welcoming Scott Detrow as weekend 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This' co-host

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

We welcome our new weekend and Consider This co-host Scott Detrow!

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'Time is moving so slowly': Two people describe the power of Typhoon Mawar in Guam

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Holed up in her hotel room, Lauren Swaddell could hear the wind howl as the typhoon approached. "The coconut trees are flying everywhere," she said.

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Voice memos from the path of Typhoon Mawar

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

As Typhoon Mawar thrashes Guam with 140-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain, two people on the island share eyewitness accounts of what they're seeing.

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Solved: The mystery of the pasta in the New Jersey woods

Monday, May 08, 2023

Hundreds of pounds of pasta was found dumped illegally in the woods in New Jersey last week. Neighbors say they know how it got there.

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'The Covenant of Water' is the story of an Indian family haunted by a medical mystery

Thursday, May 04, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the author Abraham Verghese about his new novel The Covenant of Water in which a family in India is haunted by a medical mystery.

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South Korean President Yoon serenades White House with an American rock classic

Thursday, April 27, 2023

South Korean President Yoon serenaded a crowd at the White House with his rendition of Don McLean's classic American Pie.

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A peek behind the curtain of NPR's coverage of Trump's indictment

Monday, April 03, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR's executive editor Terry Samuel about how and why our organization plans coverage around Trump's indictment.

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A peek behind the curtain of NPR's coverage of Trump's indictment

Monday, April 03, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR's executive editor Terry Samuel about how and why our organization plans coverage around Trump's indictment.

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