Sarah Handel

Sarah Handel appears in the following:

How tech companies are trying to balance child safety and privacy

Monday, May 22, 2023

Reporter Emma Roth at The Verge talks about the challenges of implementing internet age verification.

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On 'Gag Order,' Kesha gets intensely personal

Monday, May 22, 2023

Listening to Kesha's new album, Gag Order, you can't help but think about all she's been through in the past 10 years.

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Checking in with Joseph Dituri on his 79th day living underwater

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Biomedical engineer Joe Dituri has broken the record for longest time spent living underwater without depressurization. He talks about what he's learned so far.

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In 'Dances,' a Black ballerina's big break brings immense pressure

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Author Nicole Cuffy talks about her debut novel, "Dances."

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Fourth time is a charm for this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Singer Emma Hardyman and her husband, Nathan Hardyman, who plays bass in the six-person band Little Moon, talk about winning this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

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Special Counsel report finds issue with FBI investigation into Trump's Russia ties

Monday, May 15, 2023

Special Counsel John Durham's report found that the FBI shouldn't have launched a full investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged connection to Russia during the 2016 election.

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'No violins': Michael J. Fox reflects on his career and life with Parkinson's

Sunday, May 14, 2023

When Michael J. Fox describes his experience with Parkinson's disease in his new documentary, he's extremely blunt. But talking with NPR this week, he hasn't lost the humor that made him famous.

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Michael J. Fox reflects on his career and life with Parkinson's

Friday, May 12, 2023

Actor Michael J. Fox talks about his documentary, Still, about his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease.

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'A Day With No Words' can be full of meaningful communication

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Author and activist Tiffany Hammond talks about her new children's book A Day With No Words. It details a day in the life of non-speaking kids with autism and their families.

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Bidding goodbye to MTV News after 36 years

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

MTV News has shuttered, after nearly four decades of programming. For Gen Xers and older millennials, it was the source of memorable news like the fall of the Berlin wall and Kurt Cobain's death.

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This anthology wants us to redefine fitness for ourselves

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Justice Roe Williams, who coedited Deconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex: How to Resist, Disrupt, and Reclaim What it Means to Be Fit in American Culture.

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What happens if the government defaults? A former Federal Reserve economist explains

Monday, May 08, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with former Federal Reserve economist Claudia Sahm about how a government default would impact everyday life for Americans.

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'A Day With No Words' can be full of meaningful communication

Friday, May 05, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with author and activist Tiffany Hammond about her new children's book A Day With No Words. It details a day in the life of non-speaking autistic kids and their families.

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Supreme Court needs a code of conduct, says judicial ethics expert

Monday, May 01, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Indiana University law professor Charles Geyh about Senate efforts to pass a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court.

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'Dead Ringers' shows pregnancy's beauty, horrors as Rachel Weisz plays Mantle twins

Thursday, April 27, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with actress Rachel Weisz and screenwriter Alice Birch about the new series Dead Ringers, about a pair of celebrity OB/GYN twins in New York.

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Self-coined 'Financial Hype Woman' Berna Anat spills financial tidbits in a new book

Monday, April 24, 2023

Author and self-coined "Financial Hype Woman" Berna Anat talks about her new book Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us.

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Why regional Mexican's current explosion catapults the genre to new heights

Friday, April 21, 2023

This week a collaboration between Bad Bunny and Grupo Frontera, in addition to a historic chart placement for Mexican artist Peso Pluma, pushed regional Mexican music to international attention

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Did Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign peak before it began?

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Emily Mahoney, the political editor at The Tampa Bay Times, about how Ron Desantis' presidential campaign is faring compared to Donald Trump's.

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Sudan citizens are hiding from intense fighting between army and paramilitary group

Monday, April 17, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Cameron Hudson, former special envoy to Sudan, about the fighting that broke out in the country over the weekend, and what's at stake.

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Remembering Raghavan Iyer, an icon of Indian cooking

Friday, April 14, 2023

Raghavan Iyer, the chef who did so much to popularize Indian cooking in the U.S., has died after years of cancer treatments. He released his final book, "On the Curry Trail," a couple of months ago.

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