Cocoa prices are on the rise because of changing climate patterns and extreme weather.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rae Wynn-Grant about her journey to becoming an ecologist. Grant writes about it in her memoir, "Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World."

How troubled is Boeing? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to aviation expert William McGee about the challenges facing the aerospace giant.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor Christina Elmore about the new show "The Girls on the Bus," a breezy drama following four political reporters on the 2016 campaign trail.

People in Senegal will finally have the chance to vote March 24. The country's president postponed elections last month.

Gaza, Haiti, and Sudan are all at risk of famine. NPR's Ayesha speaks to Paul Howe of Tufts University about the role of conflict in causing hunger.

Bradford pears are blooming all over parts of America: pretty, but a problem! NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with master gardener Jessica Damiano about the trees.

With less than a month to go before the tax-filing deadline and as it experiments with a new way for people to file electronic returns, the IRS says this year's tax season is proceeding smoothly.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Palestinian-American Yasmeen Mjalli, owner of the online boutique Nol Collective, about trying to evacuate her colleagues and their families from Gaza.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Soufan Center Senior Research Fellow Clarke about why the Islamic State staged an attack in Russia and why now.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with interior designer and social media content creator Imani Keal about DIY, renter-friendly apartment renovations.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with epidemiologist João Matias of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction about the organization's latest wastewater and drug detection analysis.

Electric vehicles may account for more than half of new cars by 2032. Consumers have many questions and concerns about them and the environment.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Simone St. James about her new book, "Murder Road," and about weaving the supernatural into her fiction.

Congress passed and President Biden has signed spending measures necessary to operate the government. It is a basic function but one that has become the object of Republican brinksmanship.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor David Dastmalchian about his starring role as a 1970's late night host in the new movie "Late Night with the Devil."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, about his organization's call for Black student athletes to avoid public colleges and universities in Florida.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sarah McCammon, NPR National Political Correspondent, about her religious upbringing and new book, "The Exvangelicals."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Jennifer Greene, and Raven Walters about the state of public health four years after COVID-19 became a national emergency.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with David Cohen, politics professor at the University of Akron, about one of the tightest races in the country: the Ohio Senate seat held by Sherrod Brown since 2007.