NPR Programs: Talk of the Nation
NPR Programs: Talk Of The Nation
Journalist Neal Conan leads a productive exchange of ideas and opinions on the issues that dominate the news landscape. From politics and ...
A Mixed Picture Of Young Hispanics In The U.S.
The Pew Hispanic Center released a report about the values, education and employment of Latinos 16-25. Many are likely to be in prison and ...
Double Standards, Sexism Shape Woods Story
Washington Post columnist Robin Givhan observes that the press has stereotyped women linked to Tiger Woods by their jobs. She's ...
Historian Asks, 'What On Earth Evolved?'
The history of Earth features a few extremely successful species, such as ants, black pepper, sheep, and of course, humans. In his book, ...
Brzezinski Assesses Obama's Foreign Policy
President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize has sparked conversation about the his foreign policy aspirations and achievements. Former National ...
Breast Cancer Gene Patents Challenged
A landmark lawsuit is challenging the patents Myriad Genetics holds on the so-called breast cancer genes — patents that make Myriad ...
Erasing Fears By Thinking About Them
Fearful memories can be updated — and the fear erased — without drugs, a new study in the journal Nature suggests. Study author ...
U.S. Government Sponsors High-Stakes Balloon Hunt
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released 10 red weather balloons across the country and offered $40,000 to the first ...
Can Coffee Lower The Risk of Prostate Cancer?
New research suggests coffee is more than a pick-me-up; it may help protect against prostate cancer. Researcher Kathryn Wilson describes ...
What To Get That Special Geek
Droid or iPhone? Zune or Touch? Netbook or MacBook? With holiday shopping in full swing, Ira Flatow talks with gadget guru Mark McClusky, ...
Gauging The Climate In Copenhagen
Scientists, policymakers, activists and skeptics from around the world have gathered in Denmark's capital to figure out how to deal with ...
Speech Writers Grade Obama's Oslo Address
President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, in Oslo, Norway. He delivered a 36- speech and spoke about "the notions of ...
A Trip To Somalia, 'The Most Failed State'
The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson took a hazardous trip to no-man's land: the largely warlord-controlled failed state of Somalia. He ...
Reuniting Long-Lost Family Members
Columnist Sandy Banks wrote about a homeless man living beneath a freeway overpass for the Los Angeles Times. Ericka Dotson read the story, ...