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  • Florence Forces Thousands Of North Carolinians Into Shelters
    Thousands have been displaced by the effects of Hurricane Florence. They have taken shelter in facilities around the state. Schools, armories and community centers are now lined with cots.
  • NHPR Folk Show Playlist 5.10.15
    Title/Artist/Album/LabelD'oust en est/Le Vent Du Nord/ Tetu/Borealis Farewell To Saint Dolores/Pine Hill Project/Tomorrow You're Going/Signature Sounds…
  • Actor Don Cheadle On His Career's Longevity, The Key To Success
    Actor Don Cheadle is known for his roles in film and television. In this encore broadcast, host Michel Martin asks Cheadle if he's hit a career peak and how he'll know when to call it quits.
  • Other Obama Picks Appear At Hearings
    Many other confirmation hearings took place on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Peter Orszag, President-elect Barack Obama's pick for director of the White House Office of Management and Budget; Shaun Donovan, his pick for secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Arne Duncan, his pick for Education Secretary; and Steven Chu, his pick for Energy Secretary, all appeared on Capitol Hill.
  • Listener Says John Edwards Should Cheat Smarter
    Tell Me More host Michel Martin and Lee Hill, the program's "digital media guy," comb through listener feedback and offer important news updates to recent conversations heard on the program. This week, the audience weighs in on former presidential hopeful John Edwards marital woes and whether his transgressions of infidelity say anything about his capacity to lead with integrity as a public figure. Also, hear an update on the controversy surrounding the proposed merger of three historically black colleges in Mississippi.
  • A quantum showcase presents lawmakers with the technology's threats and opportunities
    Lawmakers on Capitol Hill recently got a crash course in quantum science. The technology poses a range of threats and opportunities.
  • Climate change is making the way we talk about flood risk outdated
    Flood experts all use the same language to convey risk: 10-year floods, 100-year floods, 500-year floods. But those intervals are often misunderstood, and climate change is making them less accurate.
  • A spiral of dead bark hangs off a sickened acacia branch. The tree was weakened by California's climate change fueled drought and an opportunistic fungi. "If you can see the wood underneath, which in this case you can, that's typically a sign that that part of the tree is dead," says Igor Lacan," Which is why we didn't stand under that branch."
    Climate Change Is Killing Trees And Causing Power Outages
    Fungi, parasites, root rot: Climate change is increasing the risk of trees weakening and dying. Falling trees have increased power outages nationwide, which threaten public health and safety.
  • Remembering prolific actress Shannen Doherty, dead at age 53
    Actress Shannen Doherty, star of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed, died over the weekend. She was 53 and was battling cancer.
  • Questions Remain In Deaths Of 19 Wildland Firefighters
    A public memorial service was held in Prescott, Ariz., on Tuesday for the 19 firefighters killed battling the Yarnell Hill Fire.
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