Interviews

Leila Ramgren, 10, and her father, Chad Eisen-Ramgren, 42, at StoryCorps in St. Paul, Minn.

A Student Remembers Her School's 'Lunch Man,' Philando Castile

2:24pm July 06, 2018

A 10-year-old girl and her dad talk about Philando Castile, who worked in the lunchroom of her Minnesota school. Two years ago, Castile was shot and killed by a police officer who pulled him over.

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Trump Administration Faces Lawsuit Over Detention Of Migrant Children

2:02pm June 30, 2018

The 1997 case Flores v. Reno established how long migrant children can be detained. Some of the original counsel of that settlement are suing the Trump administration for violating the agreement.

W. Kamau Bell's new Netflix comedy special is Private School Negro. He says that for him, the word "negro" feels "classically, importantly black."

Fresh Air Weekend: Comic W. Kamau Bell; Musician Frank Newsome

11:38am June 30, 2018

Bell's new Netflix special is called Private School Negro. Kevin Whitehead reviews reviews John Coltrane's Lost Album. Newsome is a former coal miner who sings a cappella in a lined-out hymn style.

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Veterans Sue McConnell (left) and Kristyn Weed bonded quickly after meeting at a weekly VA transgender support group. "You're always there for me," Weed told McConnell last month at StoryCorps in Tucson, Ariz. "There's never a doubt or question as to whet

National

2 Transgender Veterans Find Courage — And Sisterhood — Off The Battlefield

8:13am June 30, 2018

When Sue McConnell and Kristyn Weed came out as transgender women, some of their loved ones cut them out of their lives. But when McConnell and Weed met, they forged their own sisterhood.

Books
Arts

Remembering Former Poet Laureate Donald Hall

2:34pm June 29, 2018

by Terry Gross

Hall, who died on Saturday, wrote about farm work and his wife, poet Jane Kenyon, in the 1993 memoir Life Work. He and Kenyon spoke to Fresh Air in 1996, and Hall was interviewed again in '02 and '12.

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Neoma Farr and Greg Yance reconnected in April for the first time after the Great Flood of 1993 drove them to protect the same community. Yance works as a machine operator at a factory in Rockford, Ill. Neoma still runs a beauty shop in Niota.

National

'We Were All In There Together': Strangers Share Compassion In The Flood Of '93

2:20pm June 29, 2018

During the Great Flood of 1993, the mutual efforts of a then-prisoner and a beauty shop owner to protect a tiny Illinois town briefly brought them together. After 25 years, the two reconnect.

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Arts

Regina Hartley: Why We Shouldn't Overlook The "Scrapper" With The Atypical Resume

9:05am June 29, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Regina Hartley grew up a self-described scrapper, with far fewer opportunities than her peers. Now the VP of Human Resources at UPS, she says she knows the value of candidates who faced adversity.

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Victor Rios: How Can Mentors Guide Kids To Live Up To Their Full Potential?

9:05am June 29, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Victor Rios had dropped out of high school. But one teacher helped him turn his life around. Today, he's a sociologist who studies youth and the factors that nurture their potential.

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World News

Saudi Women Can Finally Drive, As Ban Is Lifted

5:29pm June 24, 2018

Saudi Arabia has lifted its ban on women driving. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Time magazine's Aryn Baker who's been out on a ride with some of the first women drivers.

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Politics & Government

Arkansas' Gov. Hutchinson On Why He Opposes Migrant Children In His State

5:29pm June 24, 2018

On Thursday, the Department of Defense accepted a request to house 20,000 migrant children in military bases. NPR's Michel Martin talks about why he's hesitant about housing migrant children.