The new film 'Tatami' reveals an Iranian judoka's fight beyond the mat
In the first feature film co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian, Tatami, an Iranian judoka must choose between her country and a run for the gold at the World Judo Championships.
Review: '1917'
At the height of World War I, two British soldiers are given a seemingly impossible mission. LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan talks with NPR's David Greene about the movie 1917.
A Traffic Cone Becomes A 'Pothole Christmas Tree'
The Rev. Leon Hitchens of Webb Chapel Church in Liberty wrote "Pothole Christmas Tree" on a traffic cone in a pothole.
Crisis At The WTO
David Greene talks with Chad Bown of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about the crisis at the World Trade Organization amid global trade deals and disputes.
News Brief: North Korea Threat, Notre Dame Closed For Christmas
President Trump downplayed North Korea's threat of a "Christmas present" if the U.S. doesn't roll back economic sanctions by the end of the year. Also, Notre Dame won't hold a Christmas mass.
How A County Turns Into A Country
Prichard, Ala., distributed 10,000 trash cans to residents. The bins are supposed to read "Mobile County," where Prichard is located. Instead they're marked as property of "Mobile Country."
Christian Book Club Morphs Into Opioid Support Group
Some Christian women outside Seattle started a book club that transformed into a support group for parents of addicted children. Their approach ran contrary to their community's conventional wisdom.
5 People Sentenced To Death In Saudi Arabia For Khashoggi Killing
NPR's Noel King talks to Aaron David Miller, a former State Department Mideast analyst, about Saudi Arabia announcing five death sentences in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Small Churches Struggle To Find Organists And Pianists
At Christmastime in small towns, churches are trying to find organists — or even pianists. Sometimes piano-playing children have stepped up to fill the void.
Seattle Man Plans To Memorize And Perform Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'
Neal Kosaly-Meyer is memorizing and reciting a chapter a year of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. He plans to finish by 2030. It took Joyce 17 years to write the book.