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NPR speaks with Debra Houry, the CDC's former chief medical officer, about her decision to leave her post and her concerns over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine decisions.

Wilson, who died at age 82, was the creative force behind The Beach Boys. He wrote and produced many hits, including "Good Vibrations" and "God Only Knows." Originally broadcast in '88 and '98.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former head of the FDA and member of Pfizer's board, about the pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine over blood clot worries.

NPR'S Scott Simon speak with author Wajahat Ali about his article in The Atlantic, "A Muslim Among the Settlers," about traveling to Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who says she has a "list of names" of people to depose after viewing unredacted versions of the Epstein files.

Ahead of next week's summit, Sen. James Risch, a Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee, responds to Democratic demands for a U.S.-North Korea deal and discusses his own hopes and expectations.

Omar Sosa To kick off the new year, Tell Me More revisits memorable conversations with musicians heard on the program in 2009. Legendary jazz musician and composer Omar Sosa has earned his ranking within a unique class of world musicians. Since his childhood years spent in Cuba, Sosa has been able to call many other places home, such as Ecuador, Spain and San Francisco. Along the way, he's soaked up various sounds and rhythms of the cultures he encountered. Back In April, Sosa dropped by NPR's Studio 4a for a performance chat in which he described his efforts to connect the sounds of the African diaspora with that of the Americas.

Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., joins NPR's Michel Martin to discuss Israel's security cabinet approving a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. The agreement still needs the full cabinet's OK.

Legendary NBA head coach Phil Jackson and sports writer Sam Smith talk about the stars who helped define the sport, including Jordan, Kobe, Shaq and "bad boy" Dennis Rodman.

Deepa Fernandes is Here & Now's new co-host and decided to ask her colleagues about their first concert experiences.

President Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as global concern about Trump's tariffs intensifies.

North Carolina has a tradition of divided government, and the competition between the two parties over things like DEI, gun laws, and transgender care heated up this week.

A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there's just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up.

Residents of a village in southern Lebanon have resorted to buying satellite images to find out whether their homes have been destroyed by Israel.

A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says everyone in Gaza faces high levels of acute food insecurity, and more than a million struggle with catastrophic levels of hunger.

The National Institutes of Health initiative that aims to make human genome research more inclusive reports its first results. Some 275 million new genetic variations have been identified.

Native Americans have one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country but account for only 1.5% of North America’s population.

Among the nearly 30,000 who have died during the 4.5-month-long conflict between Israel and Hamas, 12,450 are children.

Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows. In Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, he writes about studios, actors and the frustrations and joys of the business.

Helene is forecast to intensify rapidly over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Florida on Thursday. Residents are urged to make preparations — and in many counties, evacuate — before then.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Fauci told Congress yesterday he's worried about the recent coronavirus surge.

NPR's Michel Martin discusses how the pandemic has affected women's participation in the workforce and what can be done about it with Hanna Rosin, Margaret Brower and Jamila Michener.

Music and identity dominates a wide-ranging conversation with writers Elizabeth Acevedo, Amanda Alcantara and Danyeli Rodriguez del Orbe.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Glory Edim, who is the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club, about her new memoir, and the books that shaped her life.

At the height of America's Jim Crow era, Taylor broke barriers by becoming the country's fastest and most famous cyclist. Michael Kranish tells his story in the new book, The World's Fastest Man.