'Wait Wait' for August 31, 2024: Live in Minnesota with Nate Berkus
This week, Wait Wait is live in Minneapolis with special guest Nate Berkus and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Josh Gondelman
Human Interest
An empty Boeing Starliner is set to return next week, while its crew stays in space
An empty Boeing Starliner is scheduled to return from the International Space Station in early September. It will fly home autonomously while its crew remains in space until February.
How I broke free from codependency — and learned the meaning of loving relationships
"I thought: if I just helped my friends, colleagues and neighbors, maybe I’d get the connection I craved in love, work and life," writes journalist Gina Ryder.
Scientists clear up how supermassive black holes came to be (hint: big seeds)
The origin of supermassive black holes has stumped scientist for a long time. They now have the answer to this question: very massive seeds.
FAA grounds SpaceX ahead of historic Polaris Dawn commercial spacewalk
The Federal Aviation Administration opened the investigation after a rocket booster toppled aboard a drone ship after it was returning from lofting SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites into space.
After months on the run, a murder suspect falls through the ceiling and into custody
Authorities issued a warrant in May for Deario Wilkerson's arrest in connection with a fatal shooting. They finally captured him in Memphis this week, after he fell, so to speak, into their laps.
Weird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesota
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz popularized the term to brand his Republican opponents in the presidential race. To Minnesotans, though, it hits different.
Quiz: Do you know your economic history?
Time to show your economic history skills based on what we’ve covered in Planet Money Summer School 2024: An Incomplete Economic History of the World. Make it through the quiz, and receive a — and we cannot stress this enough — totally fake (yet well-earned) diploma.
Boeing faces hard questions about Starliner and its future in space
Boeing’s Starliner will return to Earth as soon as next week — but the crew will stay in space into next year. It’s another blow for Boeing, and could have major implications for its space business.
The story of how the 14th Amendment has remade America – and how America has remade the 14th.
The fourteenth amendment was ratified after the Civil War, and it's packed full of lofty phrases like due process, equal protection, and liberty. But what do those words really guarantee us?