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Here are the middle and high school honorable mentions from the 2023 Student Podcast Challenge. Congrats!

First is unlike any other book written about the justice. Evan Thomas breaks new ground with extraordinary access to O'Connor, her papers, journals — and even 20 years of her husband's diary.

This past week, President Joe Biden announced he is running for reelection, framing it as a battle for the soul of the country. But he also faces a number of challenges ahead of the election.

The White House says at least 11 American citizens have been killed in the fighting between Hamas and Israel.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Pastor Chad Harvey of Cross Assembly Church on where his support stands for Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who once spoke at his church, and former President Donald Trump.

An unprecedented 937 manatees have died in Florida in 2021, representing 10% of the animal’s population in the state.

It's been nearly two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X. He has turned the platform into a megaphone for himself and, increasingly, for former President Donald Trump.

Plastic particles are found in our organs, blood and even semen. But do they stay in us forever? What damage are they doing? Here are six questions scientists are trying to answer.

Brody is nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who seeks a fresh start in post-WWII America. Originally broadcast Jan. 7, 2025.

En "The Florida Roundup", el ex jefe de la Unidad de Especialistas en Huracanes del Centro Nacional de Huracanes describió cómo los recortes podrían llevar a peores pronósticos y a mayores necesidades de respuesta.

Democratics have continued to push for records about Jeffrey Epstein since 2018, although they dialed it back after Joe Biden took office, with Debbie Wasserman Schulttz citing "a need to respect both the victims' pursuit of justice in courts and their fears of reprisals."

Access is especially tough for kids in rural areas or whose families don't have a lot of money. Some dentists say a new statewide ban on adding fluoride to drinking water affects these communities the most.

La aplicación de las leyes migratorias está generando temor en los negocios locales. Vendedores del mercado de pulgas Mr. G Flea Market afirman que el que alguna vez fue un bullicioso centro cultural ha tenido días mejores.

Over his short life, Daniel Weisberger went from Boy Scout and beloved older brother to killer. To understand why, we headed to the Florida Keys, where Daniel's world unraveled.

Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward.

DOGE recently gained high-level access to a database that controls government payments and loans to farmers and ranchers across the U.S.

Rotten Tomatoes has been a go-to source for movie reviews for years - and its ratings can make or break a film's success. But some say the site has major flaws in its ratings system.

In the past decade or so, actors and comedians have adopted D&D as a performance medium. Podcasts and web series have expanded into stadium tours – and fueled growing interest in the game more broadly.

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.

In 2010, Jay-Z spoke to Fresh Air about growing up in a housing project in Brooklyn, watching crack cocaine transform his neighborhood and finding his identity in a recording studio.

Masculinism is a belief that feminism emasculates men, and men should be in control while women stay at home raising children. The Atlantic writer Helen Lewis says the movement is becoming mainstream.

James was discovered as a teen by talent scout Johnny Otis. Her career took off in the '60s with hits like "All I Could Do Was Cry" and "At Last." She died in 2012. Originally broadcast in 1994.

Country star Brad Paisley and rapper LL Cool J joined forces to drop a track called Accidental Racist. The Barbershop guys give their take on whether the song lives up to its name all too well.

Atlanta has been the center of innovation in hip-hop for at least two decades, but the city has failed to turn musical success into growth for the communities that create it.

Robert Olen Butler's new book of stories, Had a Good Time, was inspired by messages scrawled on old postcards. Martha Woodroof of member station WMRA reports.