There's a long history of musicians using silence to protest unfair economic treatment.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to comedian Andy Huggins about aging, his long career in stand-up comedy and his first full-length special, which he taped at age 73.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about basketball legend Diana Taurasi's retirement, drama in the NBA, and a political statement by Canada's men's national soccer team coach.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Eugene Ludwig, former Comptroller of the Currency, about how some government statistics get the economy wrong.

It's well known that President Trump is a devotee of professional wrestling. Pundits often describe his moves in the White House in wrestling terms: smackdowns, cage fights and so on. We ask how the ...

Cuts at NOAA mean fewer hurricane-hunter aircrafts will be gathering real time data on developing storms and that the team developing computer models for forecasts will be "gutted," insiders say.

We look at the anticipated impact of of the USAID funding freeze, which helped some of the poorest people around the world. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political breakthrough for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

We look at Friday's contentious press conference at the Oval Office, as well as updates on the Trump administration's cuts at federal agencies. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.

Thousands demonstrate in Greece on anniversary of deadly train crash that killed 57 and injured scores more in 2023.

We look at the response in Ukraine to Fridays shambolic press conference at the Oval Office between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Gene Hackman, who played everymen, cops and villains over his long movie career. The 95 year old ...