Interviews

Maple Syrup 'Cartel': Federation Of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers

6:28pm December 29, 2016

by NPR Staff

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with 'Vanity Fair' writer Rich Cohen, about the cartel that controls the majority of the world's maple syrup supply - the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers.

Queue Listen Now

How Tattoo Artist Brian Finn Is Covering Up Pain With Art

5:25pm December 29, 2016

by NPR Staff

Just over a year ago, Toledo, Ohio tattoo artist Brian Finn began offering free tattoos to people to cover their scars from trauma. We take a year-end look at his work.

Queue Listen Now

National

What's Driving The Violence In Chicago?

4:19pm December 29, 2016

by NPR Staff

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with John Eligon of the New York Times who embedded with Chicago's Black Disciples gang to learn more about what's causing the spike in gun violence in Chicago.

Queue Listen Now

Annette Bening and Lucas Jade Zumann play a mother and son in Mike Mills' film, 20th Century Women. Mills says the film was inspired by his own life.

Fresh Air Weekend: Director Mike Mills; Actor Billy Eichner

11:26am December 24, 2016

Mills' latest film, 20th Century Women, was inspired by his desire to understand his mother. As the host of Billy on the Street, Eichner asks strangers open-ended questions about the celebrities.

Queue Listen Now

The president tells NPR that Donald Trump should work through Congress, and says if the new president overturns his own executive actions "that's part of the democratic process."

Politics & Government

Obama Warns Trump Against Relying On Executive Power

8:51pm December 19, 2016

by Scott Detrow

The president tells NPR that Donald Trump should work through Congress, and says if the new president overturns his own executive actions, "that's part of the democratic process."

Queue Listen Now

President Obama reacts to letters that citizens from different walks of life have sent him since Election Day.

From 'Good Job' To 'Good Riddance': Obama On Letters From Everyday Americans

1:37pm December 19, 2016

Watch President Obama's reaction to the letters that citizens from different walks of life have sent him since Election Day.

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews President Obama in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Dec. 15. The president said Democrats have "ceded too much territory" to Republicans in local races.

Politics & Government

To Rehabilitate Democratic Party, Obama Plans To 'Coach' Young Talent

11:03am December 19, 2016

by Scott Detrow

The president said Democrats have "ceded too much territory" to Republicans in local races. Obama sees his role after leaving office as helping a new generation "rise up."

A 1935 recommendation to sterilize a 23-year-old male patient at Pacific Colony, based a supposed IQ of 75. His foster mother refused the sterilization. The outcome of this case is unknown, but in some instances medical superintendents disregarded such ap

On A 'Eugenics Registry,' A Record Of California's Thousands Of Sterilizations

8:29am December 18, 2016

by NPR Staff

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Michigan professor Alex Stern, who has completed a database of the thousands of people recommended for sterilization when California had eugenics laws.

Nicole Maines is one of 11 transgender individuals profiled in the HBO documentary The Trans List, which premieres Monday. In 2014, Maines became the first transgender youth to win a discrimination lawsuit. Her case was against a school district, because

Fresh Air Weekend: Nicole Maines; Sober For The Holidays; Novelist Maria Semple

12:13pm December 17, 2016

Transgender activist Maines stars in a new HBO documentary. Sarah Hepola struggles to get through the holiday season without alcohol. Semple's new comic novel is about a stressed-out wife and mother.

Queue Listen Now

Books

Trevor Noah Says He Grew Up 'In The Shadow Of A Giant' (His Mom)

1:49pm December 16, 2016

The Daily Show host revisits his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa in his new memoir, Born a Crime. Originally broadcast Nov. 22, 2016.

Queue Listen Now