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  • Have We Reached The End Of The Line For The Conference Call?
    Fresh Air tech contributor Alexis Madrigal considers why people still jump on frustrating conference calls. While tech startups aim to kill the PIN, he says, the phone bridges generations.
  • Right now, roughly 7 million students in the U.S. (plus their parents) are sitting through commencement speeches.
    Anatomy Of A Great Commencement Speech
    What makes a good commencement address great? We read more than 300 speeches and singled out the qualities that made them rise to the top.
  • Sister Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz (right), vicaress general and music director for Dominican Sisters of Mary. On the group's new album, she plays organ and composed three selections.
    Life As Prayer: The Singing Nuns Of Ann Arbor
    In the cloistered world of classical music recordings, there is great interest in choral music by Catholic nuns these days. On Mater Eucharistiae, the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, are "able to bring other people into that space of prayer when we're singing."
  • Sports: No Contest This Wild Card Weekend
    It's the opening day of the NFL wild card playoffs, but really, are any of those teams going to make a run at Green Bay or New England and their marquee quarterbacks? NPR Sports Correspondent Tom Goldman joins host Scott Simon to talk about Wild Card Weekend and more.
  • It's Not Gold, But Fastest US Texter Wins Big
    It may not be an Olympic sport, but Wisconsin teen Austin Wierschke was just named the fastest texter in America. The texting champion was awarded $50,000. Wierschke speaks with host Michel Martin about how he keeps his thumbs in shape.
  • Mississippi Rep. Robert Foster declined to be interviewed in an all-day ride-along by a female journalist unless she brought a man along for the trip. The reporter, Larrison Campbell, refused.
    Mississippi Gubernatorial Candidate's Condition For Female Reporter: Bring A Man
    "I did not want there to be a perception that I was riding with another female and that something promiscuous was going on or anything like that," Robert Foster told NPR.
  • 2 Big Teachers Unions Call For Rethinking Student Involvement In Lockdown Drills
    About 95% of American public schools have adopted some form of active shooter drills. But there's little proof they're effective — and there's growing concern they can traumatize children.
  • In this May 6, 2021 file photo, a group opposing new voter legislation gather outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Texas Republicans dug in Saturday, for a final weekend vote on some of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S., finalizing a sweeping bill.
    Texas GOP's New Voting Restrictions On Verge Of Approval
    Republicans in the Texas Senate muscled one of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S. to the cusp of the governor's desk early Sunday.
  • Hurricane Waters Pour into Parts of New Orleans
    Rain and storm surge from Hurricane Rita have sent water over and through breaches in patched levees around New Orleans. The lower Ninth Ward, which was completely flooded by Hurricane Katrina, is once again under water.
  • The Hunt for Stolen Art
    Linda Wertheimer speaks with Robert Wittman, senior investigator of the FBI's new Art Crimes Unit, about searching for -- and recovering -- stolen art and artifacts around the globe.
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