Comedian, writer and actor Zainab Johnson turns personal chaos into comedy. In her new special, Hijabs Off, she talks about being a Black Muslim, growing up in Harlem, having 12 siblings, and dating.
Previous efforts to elect a House speaker have failed at the floor vote. As the search stretches into a third week, Rep. Mike Flood wants Republicans to commit to voting for their party's nominee.
COVID, flu and RSV are the big respiratory illnesses, but U.S. researchers have a clearer picture of other circulating viruses with wastewater surveillance. (Story aired on ATC on Oct. 20, 2023.)
The plants and mulch within five feet of a home pose a major risk for spreading wildfire. California now has the tricky task of convincing homeowners to get rid of the greenery.
When the composer/lyricist died in 2021 at age 91, he left behind a partly finished show called Here We Are. But his collaborators say Sondheim loved a puzzle — and he left them all the pieces.
In her new graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story, Kurzweil describes how she and her father, famed futurist Ray Kurzweil, harnessed the power of AI to speak with the grandfather she never knew.
The White House is asking lawmakers for almost $106 billion in funding for Israel, Ukraine, countering China in the Indo-Pacific, and operations on the southern U.S. border.
On Philanthropy, the artist's 14th studio album, Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, returns to his signature prepared piano sound in music he hopes will strengthen connections between people.
Nine GOP-led states have now pulled out of ERIC, which helps members find election fraud and keep their voter lists up to date. And experts say their new efforts to replicate the group aren't as good.
Josh Paul tells NPR why the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas conflict pushed him to quit the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations. Experts say it's unlikely to change much.
The GOP hasn't always been so focused on Israel, but evangelicals, partisan sorting and neoconservatism all helped change that. Those ties take center stage now as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.
Biden says he knew he had a lot on the line during his 31-hour dash to Tel Aviv. Now he'll follow that with an Oval Office speech to push for foreign spending, another gamble he can't afford to lose.
What happens when the hero you plan to write about becomes a villain in much of the public's eye? We asked bestselling authors Michael Lewis and Walter Isaacson about Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon Musk.
The latest episode in NPR's Body Electric examines the alarming rise in nearsightedness among young people and how our tech plays a role. Follow the series here or on the TED Radio Hour podcast feed.
