The Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent NOEL KING, HOST: Tomorrow marks the 100-year anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth. Bernstein was an extraordinary American talent. He was one of the greatest orchestra conductors o
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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The phone lines at the state attorney general's office in Pennsylvania have not stopped ringing. Hotline numbers have surged with calls in the aftermath of a scathing grand jury report which describes decades of child sex abuse an
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The director of a national regulatory agency has been accused of sexual harassment. His name is Melvin Watt, and he heads up the Federal Housing Finance Agency. An employee there named Simone Grimes claims that Watt harassed her,
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Trump administration is moving to penalize legal immigrants for using government benefits, including Medicaid and food assistance. Although many of the details haven't been set in stone, NPR's Joel Rose reports the idea has alr
Minorities In Germany Are Sounding Off Against Racism With #MeTwo Hashtag RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Germany, the #MeToo movement is in the headlines again, but it is being used in a different way. It is #MeTwo - T-W-O in English - and it's a hashtag mi
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Summer is almost over. And if you haven't had a lot of time off, well, you're actually not alone. As a nation, we are not great at using all the vacation time we earn, which means we're giving up opportunities to improve our healt
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Time now for this weekend's Long Listen - imagine living for nearly 70 years knowing your mom, dad, maybe brothers and sisters live just a few hours away across the most heavily fortified border in the world. Tensions are e
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Across Pennsylvania, Catholic churches are celebrating Mass this weekend for the first time since a devastating report. In that report, the state attorney general detailed the sexual abuse of minors by hundreds of priests.
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When HBO's Insecure debuted in 2016, Issa Rae and her best friend Molly, played by Yvonne Orji, were on the brink of turning 30, navigating broken hearts, gentrification in Los Angeles and workplace discrimination. This sea
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: On Tuesday, Wisconsin goes to the polls. And the primary election will be an early test of voter enthusiasm ahead of the November midterms. Democrats in the state are trying to hang onto their Senate seat, take back the gov
LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: As usual, Catholic priests in Pennsylvania will celebrate Mass this evening and tomorrow. But this will be the first weekend since the release of a grand jury report into sexual abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses in the state.
JENNIFER LUDDEN, HOST: It's been a depressing week of back-to-school stories - parents buying bulletproof backpacks, schools installing panic buttons and classroom trauma kits. Some teachers in Waco kicked off the year with an active-shooter drill th
(SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, THRILLER) AILSA CHANG, HOST: All respect to Michael Jackson, but when it comes to the best-selling albums of all time, the king of pop has just been dethroned. His 1982 album Thriller is now the second-best-selling
Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76 DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are sad to report this morning that the Queen of Soul has died. Aretha Franklin was 76 and had pancreatic cancer. Let's look back now with NPR's Ted Robbins. TED ROBBINS, BYLINE:
NOEL KING, HOST: Eleven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island is no longer in a state of emergency. That's according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And because of that, FEMA has started cutting back its financia
NOEL KING, HOST: The groundbreaking martial arts movie Enter The Dragon opened in the U.S. 45 years ago this week. That movie was supposed to make Bruce Lee a star. But a month before it came out, Bruce Lee died, and instead of becoming a star, he be
NOEL KING, HOST: The new leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee, Sarah Hirshland, starts work on Monday. That organization has been criticized for how it has dealt or not dealt with sexual abuse. As Alexandra Starr reports, some advocates say that to c
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To another story now. Forty percent of Americans don't have $400 to cover emergency expenses such as car repairs. Some people turn to payday loans or other costly ways to borrow money. But now, as NPR's Chris Arnold reports,
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