NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Iranian American journalist Jason Rezaian, who for a year-and-a-half was held in Iran's Evin prison, which caught on fire Saturday, killing eight people.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Shery Bechara and Lilas Mayassi, co-founders of Lebanon's first all-female thrash metal band, "Slave to Sirens," and the subjects of a new documentary, "Sirens."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Iranian American writer Reza Aslan about similarities between the current protests in Iran and the Constitutional Revolution of 1906.

The number of birds in America's grasslands and shorelines has declined by a third in the last 50 years, according to a new report. But birds are staging a comeback in wetlands.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Derry Girls writer and creator Lisa McGee about the third and final season of the show.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with civil engineering professor Brett Sanders about what's needed in terms of infrastructure planning to make communities more resilient to serious floods and storms.

After pandemic shutdowns and debates around curriculum, public schools have become a new political battleground, in everything from district school board elections to statewide races for governor.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ukrainian activist Hanna Hopko about her efforts leading a civil society delegation in Washington trying to lobby lawmakers to send more aid and weapons to Ukraine.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rebecca Jennings about her essay in Vox, "In The Rings of Power, it's not horrifying to be a woman," about the role of women in the Lord of the Rings prequel series.

A key primary re-affirmed Trump's hold on the Republican party. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney lost her race in a landslide, defeated by a Trump-endorsed political newcomer: attorney Harriet Hageman.

Inflation has affected the price of just about everything, from gas prices, to food, to housing. Across the country, Americans are rethinking their spending habits.

The R&B star was convicted in New York last year of sexual exploitation of a child, bribery, sex trafficking and racketeering.

Is it a human in a costume? Is it a raccoon or a coyote? A mysterious creature was spotted recently outside the Amarillo Zoo in Texas, and the city is asking the public for help identifying it.

Tracy Flick is back — this time in middle age. How did life turn out for her? NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Tom Perrotta about his new novel, Tracy Flick Can't Win.

Britain's celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne now spans four days, a parade with 1,400 troops, a concert with Duran Duran, more than 16,000 street parties and a lot of merchandise.

A man who seems to have been disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa in Paris.This is the fifth attack the painting has endured in the past 60 years.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Love on the Spectrum creator Cian O'Clery and participant Kaelynn Partlow about what the show, which follows people on the autism spectrum as they date, means to them.

Kathryn Redmond remembers Mona Fort, who died from COVID at age 67, with the song My Way by Frank Sinatra. The song accompanied the photo tribute at her funeral.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with David Wheeler, father to a 6-year-old who was killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, about his reaction to the events in Uvalde, Texas.

As a young Palestinian girl, I copied Abu Akleh's TV sign-off. She was brave and unwavering – a true trailblazer for many other women to follow her path.