NPR: Story of the Day Podcast
NPR: Story Of The Day Podcast
Funny, moving, exceptional, or just offbeat -- the NPR story people will be talking about tomorrow. The best of Morning Edition, All Things ...
Battling Cancer With T-Shirts And Laughter
Linda Hill's experience with multiple cancers led her to create a niche line of T-shirts. She and her family have created many aphorisms ...
In 'Race,' David Alan Grier Confronts Painful Issues
A new Broadway play from writer David Mamet has audience members shifting in their seats. It's about the prickly and painful issues that ...
States Release Inmates Early To Cut Prison Costs
Illinois plans to release up to 1,000 nonviolent offenders before they've served their full sentences in an effort to cut ballooning prison ...
Hero Pilot 'Sully' Sullenberger Tries To Stay Grounded
Pilot Chesley Sullenberger's wild ride started this year when he landed a US Airways jet plop-solid perfect onto the icy surface of the ...
Willard Reflects On Second City At 50
The City this month celebrates 50 years of making improvisational comedy, and Fred Willard, a City alumnus, joins NPR's Michele Norris to ...
Rebuilding An Instrument By Leonardo's Design
With all the high-tech attractions in Times Square, holiday tourists are flocking to an instrument that was designed 500 years ago. ...
Tea Party Activists Harness Anger To Push Message
Ten months after the Tea Party movement formed, organizers are trying to figure out how best to capture the angry energy that has fueled ...
Undertaker Hopes To Revive Kansas Town
Many small towns across rural America continue to see population declines. But the tiny town of Preston, Kan., is getting help from an ...
What's Next From Apple? Bloggers Hunt For Clues
There's a whole set of bloggers who write about Apple products — especially what could be coming. One talks regularly to industry ...
Nontraditional Teachers May Be In Mich.'s Future
If you're a teacher in Michigan, odds are you attended a teaching college. That's because the state requires nearly all teachers to get ...
Safely Home, Marines Grieve For Their Fallen
Just two weeks after the the 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment — known as "America's Battalion" — returned home from Afghanistan, ...
Pastor Offers Sex Offenders A 'Miracle': A New Start
In rural Palm Beach County, Fla., pastor Dick Witherow ministers to a community he calls "modern-day lepers": convicted sex offenders. ...
Hamster Toy Has Holiday Shoppers Hot On Its Tail
A tiny robotic hamster, known as the Zhu Zhu, is this season's hot new toy. But neither the manufacturer nor retailers were prepared for ...