NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cindy MCcain, executive director of the World Food Programme, about her current trip to Zambia, where people are enduring a severe drought and going hungry.

The actress Kate Hudson had always wanted to write her own music, but she didn't have the courage until now. She talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about her debut album, Glorious.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dennis Ross, longtime diplomat and Washington Institute for Near East Policy fellow, about how the U.S. has tried to use its leverage to affect Israeli actions.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Wall Street Journal men's fashion columnist Jacob Gallagher about the latest from New Balance: a sneaker-loafer hybrid.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York Times investigative reporter Jodi Kantor about how the highest court in the state of New York overturned Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ali Zaidi, President Biden's national climate advisor, about the first ever national standards on the amount of PFAS in drinking water.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with writer Alexandra Tanner about her debut novel, Worry.

The primatologist Frans de Waal, who explored empathy and emotion in bonobos and chimps, died last week at 75. His colleague Sarah Brosnan remembers his legacy as both a scientist and friend.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Texas State Rep. Armando Walle about the potential impact of SB4 on Hispanic communities in the state.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jessica Kutz, a reporter for The 19th, about a recent study that sheds light on how polluted air in Louisiana has affected pregnant people and their children.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with World Food Program director Jean-Martin Bauer on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Haiti as violence has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about President Biden's State of the Union address.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with glaciologist Ted Scambos about the conclusion of a multi-year study of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, the "plug" holding back a formidable amount of ice.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Katey Lesneski, research coordinator for coral restoration at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. She's been checking on restored corals, which struggled in 2023.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mary Ziegler, UC Davis law professor, about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that says frozen embryos are people and individuals can be held liable for destroying them.

NPR'S Sacha Pfeiffer talks with David Smith, head of Americas Insights at the real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, about the empty commercial buildings across several U.S. cities.

For a check-in on the 2024 campaign, NPR's Juana Summers talks with GOP strategist Ron Bonjean and Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright.

The drowning death of a woman and two children from Mexico on the US-Mexico border have magnified the rift between Texas and federal officials over who has jurisdiction on the border and how to tackle the migrant crisis.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Alex Michaelides about his new murder mystery, The Fury.

Oil production in the U.S. keeps growing, setting new records. Meanwhile oil companies are snapping each other up in a wave of mergers that's resulting in fewer, bigger companies — and possibly even more oil.