NPR's Juana Summers talks with author Jennifer Weiner about her latest novel The Breakaway. explores a woman's relationship with her body is influenced by society's rules and expectations.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with writer/director Emma Seligman about her new movie Bottoms.

The heat in the U.S. this summer has broken records, and this kind of summer might be the new normal. So what can the government do to help support those who can't afford to cool their homes?

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 former Arkansas governor and 2024 presidential candidate who is critical of the former president is struggling in the polls. He sees voters not dwelling on Trump but focused on other issues.

Angus Cloud, best known for his role on HBO's Euphoria died Monday at the age of 25. He was spotted to play Fezco, the drug dealer with a heart of gold, by a casting scout on a street in New York.

Mandy Cohen led North Carolina's department of Health & Human Services throughout the pandemic. Now, she's taking what she learned to the national level.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Dr. Mandy Cohen, the new director of the CDC, about her vision for the agency in the wake of COVID and how to prepare for fall surges of flu and COVID.

After a month of record-breaking heat, are we past calling it a heat "wave?" NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Duke heat expert Ashley Ward.

Fathers may want to take on more domestic and child care responsibilities, but gender norms and a lack of social support may discourage them from doing so, a new international study finds.

Tuesday marked 26 consecutive days in Phoenix, Az. with a temperature over 110 degrees, and it doesn't look like it will let up any time soon.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Antonia Cereijido and M.G. Lord about their new podcast, LA Made: The Barbie Tapes, based on their archival tape of interviews with major players in the doll's creation.

Chicago house icon DJ Deeon passed this week. The producer pioneered the "ghetto house" subgenre in the early 1990s.

A Burlington-area man says his small organic farm sustained $350,000-$400,000 in crop damages alone — and was canoeing through his fields after heavy rains earlier this week.

After a logistically complicated journey of over 36 hours, 14 juvenile giraffes have made it to their subspecies' native homeland in Iona National Park.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer Sarah Rose Etter about her new novel Ripe, which explores the darker sides of Silicon Valley as a woman tries to make sense of her career and growing dread.

There's a look we've come to expect when we check out real estate listings the perfect kitchen — streamlined, neutral — and there's pressure on homeowners to renovate to improve future salability.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bob the Drag Queen, tracing the thread of his career before and after winning RuPaul's Drag Race.

NPR's Juana Summers discusses the Asian American perspective on affirmative action with University of Maryland professor and political scientist Janelle Wong.

Bob the Drag Queen knows the world of drag is getting politicized. But as he prepares his next moves on stage and screen, he makes no apologies for expressing his signature flair.