Ayesha Rascoe talks with B.J. Kirschhoffer of Polar Bears International about "bear-dar," a new technology that could help reduce polar bear run-ins with people in Arctic communities.

Ayesha Rascoe discusses Russia's threats against NATO countries and the decision to cut off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria with Agnia Grigas, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bela Salazar and Lucia de la Garza of The Linda Lindas about punk as a form of expression and the creation of their new album, Growing Up.

The artist builds on the Afrofuturistic world from her 2018 album in a new short story collection titled The Memory Librarian. She tells NPR about her nightmare that inspired the project.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Randall Ball of Ball Amplification about the worldwide guitar tube shortage and the reason behind the warm sounds they produce.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to wrestling columnist Alfred Konuwa about the surge in Black professional wrestlers.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Grand Forks, N.D., city council member Ken Vein about the 25th anniversary of the Red River floods and what the city has done since then.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to "Atlanta" star Brian Tyree Henry about parallels between season three of the show and his own life, and how to be comfortable with success.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health, about a new survey on teen mental health.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to environmental reporter Amal Ahmed about extreme weather in Texas.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Omar Apollo about his psychedelically soulful music and his full-length album, "Ivory."

Ayesha Rascoe talks to Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her new novel "Take My Hand," which fictionalizes a 1973 involuntary sterilization case, and about why she's drawn to history as a novelist.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mark Patrick Taylor of the Environmental Protection Authority of Victoria, Australia, about why he thinks everyone should remove their shoes before coming inside.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton about the drop in the population of Bering Sea snow crabs, and why scientists think climate change may be an important driver.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who chairs the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, about fraudulent pandemic aid.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to actor Ken Watanabe about his role in the new HBO Max police drama "Tokyo Vice."

Last month, two of Charles Darwin's notebooks that had been missing from the Cambridge University Library for 20 years were returned.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Plastics News Shanghai correspondent Rebecca Kanthor about the ongoing lockdown there.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Biden administration strategist Minyon Moore about Biden's successful nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

As Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine, Sweden and Finland are considering joining NATO. Ayesha Rascoe asks former U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder about the implications.