Mary Louise Kelly appears in the following:
'The military has no role' in politics, says retiring chair of the Joint Chiefs
Monday, October 02, 2023
The nation's most senior military officer has retired. He talks to All Things Considered about Donald Trump, democracy, and whether the U.S. military has been politicized.
How profit sharing became a key issue for United Auto Workers strikes
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Micheline Maynard, about how high profits for major automakers over the past decade have become a central issue in the United Auto Workers strike.
Hollywood writers and studios strike a deal. What's next?
Monday, September 25, 2023
The union representing Hollywood writers has reached a tentative deal with the major studios, potentially ending a months-long strike. What does this mean for the industry, and still-striking actors?
U.S. Envoy for Yemen says we are at a moment for hope in near decade-long conflict
Friday, September 22, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, about his recent efforts to rally international support for the war-ravage country
What we know about Justice Thomas' relationship with the Koch Brothers
Friday, September 22, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Jane Mayer, Staff Writer at The New Yorker, about Justice Clarence Thomas and his relationship to the Koch brothers.
This Republican congressman is fighting to avoid a government shutdown
Thursday, September 21, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., about his efforts to avoid a possible government shutdown at the end of September.
Siamak Namazi's brother welcomes him home after 8 years of captivity in Iran
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Babak Namazi, whose brother was held captive by Iran.
The U.S.-Iran prisoner swap 'was the right deal to make,' deputy special envoy says
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abram Paley, deputy special envoy for Iran, on the prisoner swap that allowed five Americans who'd been detained in Iran for years, to return to the U.S.
The UAW is asking to bring back pensions. This economist says it's not a good idea
Friday, September 15, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with economist Allison Schrager about why she thinks the UAW is wrong about asking to bring back the old-fashioned pension plan.
A year after Mahsa Amini's death, Iran still reels from protests and crackdowns
Friday, September 15, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Iranian-born journalist Golnaz Esfandiari about the year since the death of a woman who died in police custody after allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly.
What makes the family kitchen so special? Michele Norris digs into the details
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Journalist and writer Michele Norris is exploring the significance of the family kitchen in her new podcast, Your Mama's Kitchen.
An inside account of devastation and survival in the Libya floods
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Huda Akram is a doctor based in Benghazi, Libya, whose family hails from Derna. She spoke to NPR on Wednesday, describing the harrowing scenes and what is happening now.
A psychiatrist's view from Libya as the storm death toll reaches 5,000
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Huda Akram, who is based in Benghazi, about the devastating storm that collapsed two dams and killed at least 5,000 people in Libya.
Journalist Michele Norris wants to hear about your mama's kitchen
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly chats with journalist Michele Norris about her new podcast Your Mama's Kitchen.
30 years after Oslo Accords, peace is far away for Israelis and Palestinians
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron David Miller about the Oslo Peace agreement and what has happened since that historic handshake and signing ceremony.
The U.N.'s food program has a funding problem. Now millions are going hungry
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Cindy McCain, the U.N. World Food Programme's executive director, has been tasked with closing the giant hole in the budget.
Google's antitrust showdown begins this week
Monday, September 11, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rebecca Haw Allensworth, a professor of antitrust law at Vanderbilt Law School, about the federal government's first major monopoly trial of the Big Tech era.
Queer rock icon Melissa Etheridge opens up in new memoir, 'Talking To My Angels'
Friday, September 08, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with musician Melissa Etheridge about her new memoir Talking to My Angels.
Historical fiction 'The Fraud' is about a man's testimony of outrageous, obvious lies
Wednesday, September 06, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Zadie Smith about her first work of historical fiction The Fraud, about the trial of a man who says one provably false thing after another.
'Yellowface' explores cultural appropriation in publishing via an unlikeable narrator
Friday, September 01, 2023
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author R.F. Kuang on her novel Yellowface and why she wanted to write a book about cultural appropriation in the publishing world.