The Music of Chile’s Dictatatorship and Democracy (Throughline+)

Throughline producers Cristina Kim and Anya Steinberg listen to the music they couldn’t include in our episode on the fall and rebirth of Chile’s democracy, “Democracy Dies in a Day” (  To access ...

Make life harder (and better): Learn another language.

Translation tech has improved a lot. So why learn a language?A lot of people around the world speak English. For those who ...

Slashed by Trump, this cutting-edge HIV vaccine has a new path

Early last year, a hundred researchers, clinicians and other experts on HIV discussed the development of an innovative vaccine that could prevent the disease. But just as the meeting was about to wrap ...

In ‘Pillion,’ submission is the mission

In Pillion, a.k.a. the “gay BDSM biker movie,” a meek young man named Colin (Harry Melling) meets a handsome, broody biker played by Alexander Skarsgård who brings out his submissive side. They enter ...

Beethoven to Bluegrass and Special Guest Victor Wooten

Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins us this week as we celebrate great music out of Nashville! We hear an electric performance on violin, imitating sounds from Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, ...

North Korea opens a housing district for families of its soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war

North Korea said Monday it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.

Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow

Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer ...

Europeans push back at US over claim they face 'civilizational erasure'

A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces "civilizational erasure," pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration.

What should the future of federal immigration enforcement look like?

As lawmakers, and people around the country, grapple with what federal immigration enforcement should look like, Janet Napolitano, former DHS Secretary under President Obama, talks about the future - ...

FBI: DNA from glove near Guthrie home appears to match glove worn by suspect

The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door the night she vanished.

Munich conference ends with Europe looking for a future less dependent on the U.S.

As the Munich Security Conference wraps up, reassurances from Marco Rubio met a Europe questioning whether it can — and must — stand on its own.

Landmark tech trials on social media addiction seen through a mother's eyes

With multiple tech addiction trials expected this year, Julianna Arnold of the parents group 'Parents Rise' says the legal pressure is overdue for Big Tech.