Unpacking the $10 billion sale of the LA Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that the team will be sold for $10 billion. Author and historian Jeff Pearlman explains what this means for the franchise and the sport of basketball.
The healing power of food — and how curry took over the world
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with chef Raghavan Iyer about his new book On the Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor that Seduced the World.
The theatrical curtain call is more than just bows
You're at the theater, the last scene ends, and the cast comes out for applause. It's pretty standard today. But curtain calls once were eccentric, revealing, funny and just plain effective.
A man set a Guinness World Record for Disneyland visits: 2,995 in a row
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jeff Reitz, who recently set a Guinness World Record for going to Disneyland for 2,995 consecutive days. That's eight years, three months and 13 days.
Author Kate Zernike dissects the years-long fight for gender equality at MIT
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Kate Zernike about her new book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science.
The quake in Turkey and Syria left at least 50,000 dead. What about the survivors?
The earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has taken a mental toll on survivors. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with trauma psychologist Dr. Alexandra Chen about the earthquake's psychological impact.
A pioneering gender-affirming health institute opened in 1919 in Berlin
The Institute for Sexual Research, founded in 1919, pioneered modern gender-affirming health care. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with medical historian Brandy Schillace on this piece of queer history.
Eli Lilly cuts some older insulin prices and caps out-of-pocket costs
An insulin maker is cutting its prices. Eli Lilly, one of the three makers of insulin products in the United States, is also making other moves toward affordability for people with diabetes.
Correction: Rosalind Franklin's crucial contribution to the discovery of DNA's structure
A piece that aired on NPR this week about the discovery of DNA's structure neglected to mention the significant contribution of Rosalind Franklin to that scientific milestone.
A powerful symbol in Iran's recent protests, the hijab has long been contentious
The hijab has a long and fraught political history in Iran. What does the hijab mean to the Islamic Republic and its survival?
Nigeria has a new president-elect, but his opponents reject the results
Nigeria, Africa's largest democracy, has a new president — but he faces huge challenges, including reconciliation with the opposition after a bitter election.
