Morning Edition

Weekdays 5:00-9:00am

6:51: Marketplace Morning Report
8:51: Marketplace Morning Report

Hosted by Steve Inskeep, A Martínez, Leila Fadel, and Michel Martin, Morning Edition takes listeners around both the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday.

For more than four decades, NPR's Morning Edition has prepared listeners for the day ahead with up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, and commentary. Regularly heard on Morning Edition are familiar NPR commentators, and the special series StoryCorps, the largest oral history project in American history.

Morning Edition has garnered broadcasting's highest honors—including the George Foster Peabody Award and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.

Morning Edition website

Vagus nerve stimulation may tame autoimmune diseases

5:00am February 03, 2025

by Jon Hamilton

The next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis could be tiny pulses of electricity delivered to the vagus nerve.

Queue Listen Now

First Trial Begins For A Friend Of Marathon Bombing Suspect

by Tovia Smith

Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is accused of obstruction of justice. The native of Kazakhstan is denying the charges saying he cooperated with authorities.

Queue Listen Now

For Brazilians, Game-Day Rituals Lead To Sense Of Community

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Brazil faces off with Germany on Tuesday in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Deep into the tournament now, Brazilian fans have developed a clockwork game-day routine they hope continues.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Goods Sold In Cuban Shops Often Come From Florida Stores

by Greg Allen

Some stores in and around Miami specialize in the Cuba trade, selling everything from discount clothes to car parts for Soviet-era cars. It's a legal way around the 50-year-old trade embargo.

Queue Listen Now

'A Hard Day's Night' Premiered In London 50 Years Ago

The black-and-white film was a cheeky snapshot of the biggest band in history: The Beatles.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

CBS Lost Appetite For Government Watchdog Stories, Attkisson Says

by David Folkenflik

When the investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson left CBS this year, she did not do so quietly. She contends the network refused to run stories that might damage President Obama.

Queue Listen Now

Michelle Obama Lobbies Congress Over School Lunch Program

by Cokie Roberts

Making school lunches healthier is part of a push by the first lady to reduce the epidemic of childhood obesity.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Preliminary Results Show Ghani Winning Afghan Presidency

by Sean Carberry

Former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani had about a million more votes than Abdullah Abdullah, who had been considered the front-runner. Abdullah has charged massive fraud in the election.

Queue Listen Now

Funnel Cloud Photo Bombs Wedding Pix

As a Canadian bride and groom posed for a close-up — down the road from their ceremony — a funnel cloud appeared behind them.

Queue Listen Now

Firecracker Man Calls Himself A Little Nuts

John Fletcher of Michigan celebrated Independence Day by setting off 10,500 firecrackers attached to his body. He's done this for years. Sometimes he gets injured.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Ex-Georgia President Eduard Shavardnadze Dies. He was 86

The groundbreaking Soviet foreign minister and later the president of an independent Georgia died after a long illness. Steve Inskeep talks to Pavel Palazhchenko, an interpreter for Shevardnadze.

Queue Listen Now

Wash. Retailers To Sell Recreational Marijuana On Tuesday

Washington state is to roll out retail pot sales this week after voters approved a referendum on recreational marijuana in 2012. But a backlog of growers and processors are awaiting licenses.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Video Of Extremist Sunni Group's Leader Needs To Be Confirmed

by Alice Fordham

A man claiming to be the leader of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, appeared in a video this weekend leading prayers. He has taken the name Caliph Ibrahim and claims to rule over all Muslims.

Queue Listen Now