The search into Pope Leo's family roots
As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.
White House hopeful and former Congressman Will Hurd on the race to dethrone Trump
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Rep. Will Hurd talks with NPR Politics Podcast co-hosts about why he thinks Trump is vulnerable.
C.K. Chau's take on 'Pride and Prejudice' takes readers to 2000s New York Chinatown
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author C.K. Chau about her new book, Good Fortune — a Pride and Prejudice retelling with some delicious twists set in Chinatown in New York City during the early 2000s.
After losing his wife, Richard E. Grant has found a daily 'Pocketful of Happiness'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with actor Richard E. Grant about his memoir Pocketful of Happiness and how he has dealt with the grief of losing his wife to cancer after 38 years together.
Getting AC to residents of public housing, where extreme heat can be dangerous
Many public housing residents are especially vulnerable to extreme heat, but there's no federal requirement for air conditioning. That leaves cash-strapped local agencies struggling to provide it.
Members of an female Afghan military platoon now face uncertain fate in the U.S.
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Mahnaz Akbari, former commander of the Afghan military's Female Tactical Platoon, about the Afghan Adjustment Act.
Unlikely heroes are stepping up at the Women's World Cup
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer catches up with professional soccer player Sam Mewis about the action going down at Women's World Cup. Mewis was a member of the U.S. team that won the World Cup in 2019.
U.S., France and African leaders give coup leaders in Niger one week to step down
African leaders backed by the U.S. and France have given a week for coup leaders in Niger to step down and restore the democratically elected president.
How the shutdown of transport company Yellow could have ripple effects for truckers
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with trucker Alex Mai, who runs a YouTube Channel about trucking news, about how 30,000 workers are losing their jobs as the shipping company Yellow has shut down operations.
How a suicide bombing in Pakistan shows spillover effect from Taliban's Afghanistan
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to security and counter-terrorism Asfandyar Mir about how instability in the Taliban's Afghanistan has spilled into Pakistan, after a suicide bombing that killed dozens.
People exposed to fallout from 1st atomic bomb test still fighting for compensation
The world's first atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico in 1945, where hundreds of locals are still facing fallout from the test. Many are also fighting for compensation from the federal government.