NPR9 hours agoJane Rosenberg on her new memoir and the life of a courtroom sketch artistNPR - Scott SimonNPR's Scott Simon asks Jane Rosenberg about her career as a courtroom sketch artist. Rosenberg's new memoir is called "Drawn Testimony."
NPR1 day agoDid the U.S. need to drop two atomic weapons on Japan in order to end World War II?NPR - Dave DaviesIn The Road to Surrender, Evan Thomas examines the closing months of WWII, exploring the motivations of key U.S. leaders, and of Japanese commanders and diplomats. Originally broadcast June 20, 2023. Hear The Original Interview 'Road to Surrender' revisits the final weeks of World War II
NPR1 day ago'It Ends With Us' is a melodrama with serious undertones : Pop Culture Happy HourNPR - Linda Holmes , Wailin Wong , Shamira Ibrahim , Hafsa Fathima , Jessica Reedy , Mike KatzifThe 2016 Colleen Hoover novel It Ends With Us was a massive bestseller. And now that book is a movie. Blake Lively stars as Lily Bloom, a woman who falls for a hot neurosurgeon played by Justin Baldoni — who also directs the film. But their relationship is complicated by the return of her old flame …
NPR2 days agoThree great fiction audiobooks : Pop Culture Happy HourNPR - Linda Holmes , Greta Johnsen, Candice Lim, Jessica ReedyIt's summer, and whether you're taking a trip – or simply staying out of the heat with the AC running – there's nothing like relaxing with a good audiobook. So in this encore episode, we are recommending three of our favorite fiction audiobooks. Mike Katzif produced the encore version of this …
NPR3 days agoWhen poor Black communities were struggling with COVID, this surgeon stepped inNPR - Terry GrossAs a pediatric surgeon, Dr. Ala Stanford operated on children, infants and sometimes fragile premature babies. But when the pandemic hit in 2020, she left her job to found the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, setting up shop in parking lots, churches and mosques where she provided tests and …
NPR3 days agoThe beauty and entitlement of traveling as a tourist : Code SwitchNPR - B.A. Parker , Christina Cala , Leah Donnella , Jess Kung , Courtney Stein , Gene Demby , Xavier Lopez , Lori LizarragaSummer is a time when many Americans are taking off from work and setting their sights on far-off vacation destinations: tropical beaches, fairy-tale cities, sun-drenched countrysides. But in her book Airplane Mode, the reluctant travel writer Shahnaz Habib warns of recklessly embracing what she …
