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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with bourbon expert Fred Minnick on what Jim Beam's halting distillation at main distillery reveals about the challenges facing the bourbon industry and the year ahead.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. Toomey is among a group of Senate Republicans who have been critical of the President Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexico.

Renee Montagne talks to Crystal Bell of MTV News, who walks us through this month's animated films: Pete's Dragon, Kubo and the Two Strings and a more adult animated film, Sausage Party.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with coal miner Chris Lewis. He's protesting with his coworkers on a Kentucky train track until they receive back pay from Blackjewel, the bankrupt company they worked for.

When these Kentucky students needed a subject for their podcast, they looked to the bright blue office around the corner, where their school's buildings and grounds team is based.

Katherine Fawcett's short story collection is comfortably domestic, full of quiet drama and unfussy detail. Until you read further and discover the mermaids, monsters and lonely planets (literally).

Earth-side specialists patch together footage of a failed mission to a Jovian moon to understand what went horribly wrong. Critic Mark Jenkins says Europa Report is commendably committed to technological plausibility — but nonetheless pretty silly in the end.

Megan O'Keefe kicks off a new fantasy series with Steal the Sky, an adventure set in an arid land where rare-element powered airships sail above mining towns packed with charming crooks and con men.

Buffalo is one of the most segregated cities in the country. Those disparities play out in housing, transportation, education, and even whether there are grocery stores near where people live.

Thursday, January 17, 2019The city of Charlotte has been planning on a 26-mile trail for the last six years, but last week the city announced that the…

The region has experienced a spate of earthquakes recently. These are not necessarily abnormal and once they happen, they could recur for months. We look at why the Carolinas are experiencing this, how the quakes compare to activity in the past and what they may mean.

All signs point to our weather becoming more erratic as climate change is causing temperatures to rise. This winter, our temperatures were 2 to 3 degrees above normal. What might that mean for summer?

Charlotte’s lack of affordable housing is clear, as homeless shelters are seeing longer stays and luxury apartments appear to exacerbate gentrification. But the renovation and preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing may be one solution. We speak with local officials and advocates.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera about the increasing volume of criticism surrounding the NCAA and its governance of college sports. Nocera will be in Atlanta, covering the start of the Final Four tournament.

Canada's Parliament building went on lockdown Wednesday after a gunman killed a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Robert Siegel speaks to CBC reporter James Cudmore.

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with U.N. humanitarian adviser Máté Bagossy about his recent visit to the site of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea and the need for aid there.

Trial gets underway for a man charged with killing 7 people during a 2022 July 4th parade near Chicago. His father served time for helping his then-teenage son secure a gun license, despite red flags.

Allegheny Mountain Radio, a network of three community stations, is not an NPR member station. But it will get caught in the crossfire of funding cuts.

WXXI/Finger Lakes reporter for the Innovation Trail.

From the lush gardens of The Houdini estate in Los Angeles, the influential Atlanta rapper premiers songs from his forthcoming album, Punk.