Month: August 2024

Raunchy sex comedies had a moment at the end of the 20th century. And perhaps the king of them all, was American Pie. Even people who have never seen the movie probably know the most memorable scene has something to do with a sex-obsessed teenage boy doing something unseemly with a homemade apple pie.

Flash forward a quarter century and Hollywood is making fewer teen comedies than it used to. For the 25th anniversary of American Pie, Scott Detrow speaks with one of the film’s stars Alyson Hannigan about its legacy.

A warning for listeners, this episode contains language and references to scenes not suitable for younger audiences.

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In 1988, Ben Spencer was sentenced to life in prison for a brutal robbery and murder he has always insisted he did not commit.

Spencer spent the next 34 years in prison, dashing off letters almost every day to his wife, his friends, lawyers, to anyone who would listen, claiming his innocence.

In 2021, he was officially released from prison. But on Thursday, he was officially exonerated.

We hear about his life after decades behind bars — and his faith that one day, the truth would prevail.

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Earlier this month, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, and the former head of Google, Eric Schmidt, wrote a piece for Foreign Affairs arguing that the future of warfare is here. They say that the U.S. is not ready for it.

The two authors argue recent technological developments have changed warfare more in the past several years than the decades spanning from the introduction of the airplane, radio, and mechanization to the battlefield. And while this new tech has only been shown in small snippets in current conflicts, it is only the beginning.

So, can the U.S. catch up? And what will this warfare look like?

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When Tim Walz accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president, his son stole the show.

In a viral moment, the cameras panned to 17-year-old Gus Walz, who, with tears in his eyes, stood up, clapped loudly, pointed to the stage and appeared to repeatedly yell out: “That’s my dad!”

Some cheered the new visibility of neurodivergent people.

But what do advocates and parents of neurodiverse children actually want from government officials, like Tim Walz, in terms of policy?

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It’s been more than three weeks since the U.S. and Russia completed the largest prisoner swap since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Speaking from the White House shortly after news broke that three American prisoners were headed home, President Biden described the release as an “incredible relief.”

Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was one of those prisoners, and she’s sharing what life was like in a Russian prison and how she’s adjusting to life at home.

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Both major party presidential nominees Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are on the same side of one issue. Getting rid of taxes on tips. But what would that really look like in practice?

Wailin Wong and Darian Woods from NPR’s daily economics podcast, The Indicator, dive into the potential guardrails for a policy that many economists believe could easily go off track.

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What happens when political ambition collides with a #MeToo allegation in the Democratic party?

Episode 2 of our two-part investigation.

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Did Eric Garcetti, a powerful Democrat, lie under oath about a #MeToo scandal in his office?

That’s the question at the center of a new investigation from NPR.

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College students are trickling back onto campuses for the fall semester, just months after protests exploded across the U.S. over Israel’s war in Gaza.

University leaders are bracing for more protests and counter-protests this semester. And on some campuses, new rules have already taken effect.

We hear from Vanderbilt University chancellor Daniel Diermeier about the academic year ahead.

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Before she became vice president, Kamala Harris had only ever won elections in California — a solid blue state.

To win the White House, the Harris-Walz ticket will need to compete in purple and even red areas.

At the Democratic National Convention, delegates and other attendees from conservative parts of the country offer what they think their party needs to do to reach voters in swing states and Republican strongholds.

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