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NPR's Scott Simon asks John Magaro and Cole Webley about their new film, "Omaha."

NPR's Scott Simon talks to author Mark Helprin about Helprin's latest book Elegy in Blue.

As interest in electric vehicles grows, the Trump administration's actions are destroying the market. What impact will this have on production and competition?

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Ambassador Ryan Crocker, who served in a number of countries across the Middle East, about President Trump's decision to extend the ceasefire with Iran.

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Host Jeneé Darden and Producer Porfirio Rangel give their arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, about President Trump's continued threats against Iran and prospects for a ceasefire.

New research from the Democratic Republic of Congo offers a behavioral and anatomical portrait of a species that can achieve surprising athletic feats.

The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of federal government records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.

On today’s show, a dramatic play about a girls high school basketball team in the Deep South. Then an artist who creates beautiful work by cutting paper. A literary festival is roaring back into Downtown Oakland.

With 35 candidates in the race, Peru is set to elect its 9th president in less than a decade. Amid rising corruption and crime, voters are left asking: Can this election finally break the cycle?

Today is Cuddly Kitten Day!