Each show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music, and entertainment, all brought alive through sound. Every weekday the two-hour show is hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris, and Melissa Block. There is also a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays.
- Trump Pardons Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynnby Ryan Lucas on November 25, 2020 at 5:44 pm
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: President Trump has issued a pardon to his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and then recanted. This ends a years-long saga, which NPR's Ryan […]
- NEA Heritage Fellow Suni Paz Sings For Children And The Have-Notsby Mandalit del Barco on November 25, 2020 at 5:44 pm
When she moved to the U.S. from Argentina in 1967, Elsa Calandrelli gave herself a stage name in Quechua, the indigenous language of the Andes: Suni Paz, which means "lasting peace." That's because, she says, lasting peace is what she wants for the world. The […]
- Ransomware Stalls Online Learning In Baltimore School Districtby Emily Sullivan on November 25, 2020 at 5:44 pm
Copyright 2020 WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore. To see more, visit WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore . AILSA CHANG, HOST: All learning stopped in Baltimore County public schools this morning. Teachers and students were locked out of their online courses when a ransomware […]
- Nice Car, But How Do You Charge That Thing? Let Us Count The Waysby Camila Domonoske on November 25, 2020 at 8:45 am
How long does it take to charge an electric vehicle? The question is more complicated than it seems, and that's a challenge for the auto industry. Vehicles have different battery sizes, and charge at different speeds. The same vehicle at different chargers […]
- A Tense New Classical Work Bottles The Feeling Of A Police Stopby Elizabeth Kramer on November 24, 2020 at 4:39 pm
In the mid-1970s, more than 40 years before he won the Pulitzer Prize for music, pianist and composer Anthony Davis was driving with his wife to Boston for a concert when a police officer pulled them over . "He had put his siren on when he stopped me," Davis […]
- How To Connect With Loved Ones On Thanksgiving Across Political Divideby editor on November 24, 2020 at 3:52 pm
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Thanksgiving this year is a challenge for all kinds of reasons. Eight months into a pandemic that has killed more than a quarter of a million people in this country with a recession and a divisive […]
- New Orleans Chef On How New Coronavirus Surge Is Affecting Her Businessby editor on November 24, 2020 at 3:52 pm
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Brainstorm ideas for a business startup, and winter outdoor dining in Alaska might not top your list. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) MATT TOMTER: Never in my life would I think we'd be […]
- After Weeks Of Delay, Biden's Official Transition Will Finally Beginon November 23, 2020 at 7:20 pm
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: After weeks of delay, President-elect Joe Biden's official transition will now formally begin. Today the General Services Administration, a previously little-known federal agency, sent the Biden team […]
- Trump Allows Formal Transition To Biden Presidency To Beginby Ayesha Rascoe on November 23, 2020 at 6:17 pm
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump tonight is allowing the formal transition to the Biden presidency to begin. Trump is not actually conceding that he lost the election, but the president tweeted that he's instructing […]
- Minneapolis Group Is Growing Food To Protect Members From Effects Of Racism, Diseaseby Yuki Noguchi on November 23, 2020 at 5:50 pm
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: When police killed George Floyd outside a Minneapolis corner store, it reminded the world of how racism can become lethal. But just a few miles away, on the north side of the city, racial inequality […]
- Chef David Chang On Depression, Being A Dad And The Burden Of 'Authenticity'by Terry Gross on November 25, 2020 at 4:37 pm
- Remembering Travel Writer And Memoirist Jan Morrisby Terry Gross on November 25, 2020 at 12:38 pm
- Vaccine Expert: Once A COVID Vaccine Is Available, 'Don't Overthink It. Don't Wait'by Terry Gross on November 24, 2020 at 12:53 pm
- 'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poorby Dave Davies on November 23, 2020 at 1:40 pm
- 'Collective' Chronicles The Nightclub Fire — And Corrupt System — That Killed 64by John Powers on November 23, 2020 at 1:40 pm
- Fresh Air Weekend: President Obama; Revisiting The Chicago 7 Trialby editor on November 21, 2020 at 10:09 am