Human Interest

Human Interest

'Alternate Realities' looks at how a son saved his dad from conspiracy theories

4:19am February 27, 2025

by A Martínez

The new series "Alternate Realities" from NPR's Embedded looks at the way one family was divided by conspiracies and how a bet helped bring one of them back from the rabbit hole.

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How a son spent a year trying to save his father from conspiracy theories

3:39pm February 26, 2025

Zach Mack spent a year attempting to rescue his father from the depths of the conspiracy rabbit hole. Their family was forced to reckon with clashing realities, ideological divides and misinformation.

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'Last Seen': After slavery, family members placed ads looking for loved ones

2:37pm February 26, 2025

Formerly enslaved people would placed ads in newspapers hoping to find lost children, parents, spouses and siblings. Historian Judith Giesberg tells the stories of some of those families in a new book.

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What does water look like on the moon? A new lunar probe is on a mission to find out

6:00am February 26, 2025

by Joe Palca

The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for looking for water.

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Kansas man wants the state to legalize raccoons as pets

6:15pm February 25, 2025

A Kansas resident is pressing state lawmakers to legalize raccoons as pets. He says they're smarter and friendlier than people give them credit for.

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The odds of a 'city-killer' asteroid hitting Earth have fallen to zero

11:44am February 25, 2025

After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.

A new art exhibit examines 50 years since the Vietnam War and looks forward with hope

8:35am February 25, 2025

April 2025 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. In Washington, D.C., a new art exhibit offers counter-narratives of what it means to be Vietnamese American.

'Jesus Wept' author chronicles the debates roiling the Catholic church

12:59pm February 24, 2025

by Dave Davies

Philip Shenon talks about the past seven popes, and how efforts to reform the Church with the Second Vatican Council led to power struggles and doctrinal debates that lasted for decades.

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Pod Corner: The Other Moonshot

5:35pm February 23, 2025

by Mallory Yu

An excerpt from "The Other Moonshot," a podcast from LAist Studios and Reasonable Volume.

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Sunday Puzzle: Compound word sets

8:00am February 23, 2025

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPCC listener Seth Bowling of Long Beach, Calif., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

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