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- Texas Primary Results, South Carolina Rejects Redistricting, Iran Deal Whiplash
- US Hits Iran Amid Talks, Russia-Ukraine War Intensifies, Texas Primary Runoff
- US-Iran Negotiations, Middle East Reacts To Possible Deal, DRC Ebola Outbreak Spreads
- Trump is rolling back climate solutions. What can cities and states do?
- Cuba Pressure, Abrego Garcia Charges, Cooling Costs
- GOP Pushback On Trump, DNC 2024 Election Autopsy Report, Trump's Interest In Cuba
- Trump Warns GOP Over Ballroom Funding, Trump Gives Iran More Time, Castro Charged
- Massie Ousted, Trump, Vance and Iran, San Diego Mosque Shooting Investigation
- San Diego Mosque Shooting, Primaries Test Trump Influence, Trump IRS Suit
- Dana White on Trump, men and UFC at the White House | NPR's Newsmakers
Embedded
- The Girls: “This is my story to tell”
- The Girls: “If it was your daughter”
- The Girls: “This isn’t ringing alarms to y’all?”
- The Girls: “I need to tell you something”
- The Network: Pivoting as mifepristone access shifts
- Alternate Realities: Double or Nothing
- The Harvard Plan: The Endless Frontier
- The Harvard Plan: Jay & Alan
- The Harvard Plan: And so it begins…
- Alternate Realities: A Question for Listeners
The NPR Politics Podcast
- What to know about the California governor’s race
- Sources & Methods: Trump's counterterrorism plan
- Some Republicans in Congress are standing up to Trump
- Why these swing voters give Trump a pass on the economy
- Trump's revenge tour ousts Massie in Kentucky. Is Texas next?
- Trump creates $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’
- Trump goes after GOP foes in Louisiana, Kentucky primaries
- What did Trump accomplish in China?
- Inflation is up, job growth is flat, and voters don’t like it
- Could one Nebraska House race alter the Electoral College?
Talk and Interview
Fresh Air
- David Sedaris wants to be better (at everything)
- Billie Eilish & Finneas
- Stephen Colbert / Remembering MA Rep. Barney Frank
- Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward
- Rose Byrne
- The Justice Department gives Trump an unprecedented settlement
- Through loss, Jesmyn Ward will always return to the word
- Son of radicals, Zayd Ayers Dohrn grew up underground & on the run
- Best Of: Boots Riley / Will Sharpe
- Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir
Science Friday
- Pope Leo's encyclical on AI, and the Vatican science advisors
- Bizarre exoplanet clouds + Counting insects with weather radar
- A trailblazing geneticist reflects on her life and work
- Is that spooky old house full of ghosts, or just infrasound?
- How do clinical trials work, and who can participate?
- Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US
- Why does fashion repeat in 20-year cycles? Math has the answer
- Earth's ancient hydrogen, and fossilized vomit
- How yawning might help clear dirty fluid from the brain
- The new frontier of cancer research is in space
1A
- The Future Of The American Healthcare Workforce
- Why Does It Matter If We Matter?
- The News Roundup for May 22, 2026
- Gregg Carlstrom On The Situation In The Middle East
- America 250: One Nation Under God?
- 'If You Can Keep It': Reforming The Supreme Court, Part 2
- The News Roundup for May 15, 2026
- How Mayors Across The Globe Are Making A Difference
- What Tele-ICUs Mean For Health Care In Critical Moments
- Journalist Jodi Kantor On Finding Your Life’s Work
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
- How Katie Herzog drank her way to sobriety
- The new science of 'dad brain'
- The Jackpod: Bearing his pain silently
- How women are breaking records in ultramarathons
- Is an energy crisis coming for the global economy?
- The small Utah county fighting a massive data center
- What Yale saw when it looked in the mirror
- Is Trump taking a chainsaw to the Forest Service?
- The Jackpod: The times they are a-changin’
- Introducing 'The Midnight Rebellion,' a new climate fiction podcast
Latino USA
- Who Gets to Define 'American Art'? Inside the 2026 Whitney Biennial
- The Legacy of Tejano Music: From Selena to Beyoncé and Kacey Musgraves
- My Futuro is Impactful: Our Projects for 2026
- How Brazilian Women Turned an Ulcer Pill Into a Safe Abortion Method
- 'We're Leaving': Choosing to Self-Deport Under Trump 2.0
- The Saint of Sex Workers: Remembering Trans Icon Cecilia Gentili
- Julieta Venegas on Her New Music, Embracing Her Roots, and Mexican Dads
- 'None of Us Are Safe in the United States Right Now': A Roundtable on Press Freedom
- 'Being There Was Torture': Journalist Estefany Rodríguez on Her ICE Detention
- Can I Go Back to Colombia?
Music
NPR Music
- Alt.Latino: New music from Japan and Hawaii - plus a tribute to Totó La Momposina
- What’s the defining Millennial song?
- New Music Friday: The best albums out May 22
- Alt.Latino: Gipsy Kings are back, Julieta Venegas' norteña roots and more
- Our latest mix of the week’s best new songs includes a moody reflection on burnout from Gracie Abrams, rising L.A. duo Evening Elephants, the elusive electronic collagists Ear and more. <br/><br/>NPR Music’s Dora Levite joins host Robin Hilton.<br/><br/>Please leave a glowing review on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-songs-considered/id79687345"target="_blank" > Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/10LYbliXlNZe1VStsTkcC0?si=bb536b16024d42d8"target="_blank" >Spotify</a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And tell a friend to listen!<br/><br/>Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: <a href="mailto:allsongs@npr.org"target="_blank" >allsongs@npr.org</a><br/><br/><strong>Featured artists and songs:</strong><br/><br/>(00:00) Intro<br/><br/>(01:45) Gracie Abrams: “Hit the Wall”<br/><br/>(08:10) Zoh Amba: “Eyes Full"<br/><br/>(14:18) Jazmin Bean: “Darling”<br/><br/>(21:57) Ear: “Ne Plus Ultra”<br/><br/>(27:46) Evening Elephants: “A Digital Touch”<br/><br/>(33:07) Knats: “Carpet Doctor (feat. Geordie Greep)”<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
- Interview: Isaiah Rashad is ready to bare his soul
- New Music Friday: The best albums out May 15
- Alt.Latino: Our favorite Latin Tiny Desk Contest entries
- Our latest mix of the best new tracks this week includes a massive eye-roll from Charli xcx, the first-ever solo music from Mike D of the Beastie Boys, another surprise drop from electronic music icons Boards of Canada, and more.<br/><br/>NPR Music’s Lars Gotrich joins host Robin Hilton.<br/><br/>Leave us a glowing review on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-songs-considered/id79687345"target="_blank" > Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/10LYbliXlNZe1VStsTkcC0?si=bb536b16024d42d8"target="_blank" >Spotify</a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And tell a friend to listen!<br/><br/>Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: <a href="mailto:allsongs@npr.org"target="_blank" >allsongs@npr.org</a><br/><br/><strong>Featured artists and songs:</strong><br/><br/>(00:00) Intro<br>(01:18) Charli xcx: “Rock Music” (Single)<br>(07:30) Starflyer 59: “I’m Disappointed” from <em>Disappointed </em>EP<br>(12:22) Mike D: “Switch Up” (Single)<br>(19:53) Black Swan Network: “The Shell” from <em>The Early Music, Vol. 1</em><br>(25:30) Hannah Cohen: “Golden Chain” (Single)<br>(31:55) Boards of Canada: “Introit/Prophecy At 1420 MHz” from <em>Inferno</em><br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
- New Music Friday: The best albums out May 8
World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
- Jack Antonoff on Bleachers' new album, 'everyone for ten minutes'
- Tune in to a mini-concert with The Belair Lip Bombs
- In 1971, Aretha Franklin captured the energy of the counterculture movement
- Genesis Owusu on his latest album, 'Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge'
- Acadiana Music Showcase: Corey Ledet
- Tune in to a mini-concert with Julianna Riolino
- Sally Baby's Silver Dollars pours their heart into every performance
- MUNA makes 'all-consuming limerence' sound so good on new album
- Amy Grant returns with 'The Me That Remains'
- Samm Henshaw on his latest album, 'It Could Be Worse'
From the Top
- Bach, Popper, and Saint-Saens
- Beethoven and Singing Trombone
- Film Scores to Brahms Viola
- Celebrating Musicians with Disabilities 2026: Part II
- Celebrating Musicians with Disabilities 2026: Part I
- Talented Teen Soprano & Violinist plus Etta James Tribute at FAME Studios
- From FAME Studios: Bluegrass Banjo, Amy Beach & more
- 13-year-old Pianist and an Award-Winning Sax Quartet
- Playing with Emotion
- Prokofiev, Flute Fantasies & the San Diego Youth Symphony
Fresh Air
- David Sedaris wants to be better (at everything)
- Billie Eilish & Finneas
- Stephen Colbert / Remembering MA Rep. Barney Frank
- Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward
- Rose Byrne
- The Justice Department gives Trump an unprecedented settlement
- Through loss, Jesmyn Ward will always return to the word
- Son of radicals, Zayd Ayers Dohrn grew up underground & on the run
- Best Of: Boots Riley / Will Sharpe
- Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir
Fun and Sports
Fresh Air
- David Sedaris wants to be better (at everything)
- Billie Eilish & Finneas
- Stephen Colbert / Remembering MA Rep. Barney Frank
- Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward
- Rose Byrne
- The Justice Department gives Trump an unprecedented settlement
- Through loss, Jesmyn Ward will always return to the word
- Son of radicals, Zayd Ayers Dohrn grew up underground & on the run
- Best Of: Boots Riley / Will Sharpe
- Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir