Steve Inskeep : NPR

3 Shipwrecks In 3 Days: 700 People Die Trying To Cross Mediterranean

May 30, 2016 • With warmer weather comes an influx of refugees and migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, and a shift in the route they're taking. Over the weekend, hundreds of people drowned.

3 Shipwrecks In 3 Days: 700 People Die Trying To Cross Mediterranean

Listen · 3:06 3:06

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/479995864/479995865" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Sanders Reminds Appalachia Voters He Has Championed Their Cause

May 5, 2016 • Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump will be in West Virginia on Thursday ahead of its primary on May 10. Appalachia is an important region for Sanders, who has done well among the white working class.

Sanders Reminds Appalachia Voters He Has Championed Their Cause

Listen · 6:54 6:54

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/476844437/476844438" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Gannett Makes A Bid For Tribune Publishing

April 25, 2016 • Media giant Gannett, which owns USA Today and many local newspapers, announced Monday morning that it's trying to buy Tribune Publishing, owner of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

Gannett Makes A Bid For Tribune Publishing

Listen · 2:24 2:24

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/475580966/475583736" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

The Treasury secretary announced this week that Andrew Jackson's image will be moved to the back of the $20 bill. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Who Still Supports Andrew Jackson?

April 21, 2016 • Abolitionist Harriet Tubman will be the new face of the $20 bill, while Jackson, who owned slaves, will move to the back. The two opposing figures represents how our democracy is supposed to work.

For Tennessee Governor Weighing Religious Objection Bill, It's All About Values

"In general, everybody should admit the world is changing really fast and it's hard for the conversations to keep up," Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam told NPR. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Mark Humphrey/AP

For Tennessee Governor Weighing Religious Objection Bill, It's All About Values

April 21, 2016 • Bill Haslam is a moderate Republican in immoderate Republican times. He also just vetoed a bill that would have designated the Holy Bible the state book of Tennessee.

For Tennessee Governor Weighing Religious Objection Bill, It's All About Values

Listen · 6:36 6:36

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/475026247/475079155" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

An Election-Year Project: The View From...

A View From Appalachia: Living Below The Poverty Line

April 21, 2016 • Whitesburg, Kentucky, was an area once known for coal mining but most of those jobs have dried up. Limited opportunities force many residents to leave, but some are able to find their way back.

A View From Appalachia: Living Below The Poverty Line

Listen · 7:15 7:15

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/475079074/475079075" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

An Election-Year Project: The View From...

Appalachia Looks To Improve Its Future; Looks For Helpful Leaders

April 21, 2016 • We'll hear conversations from Appalachia — the mountain region that stretches from New York to the Deep South. This remains a region where incomes lag well behind the national average.

Appalachia Looks To Improve Its Future; Looks For Helpful Leaders

Listen · 6:42 6:42

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/475079053/475079054" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

GOP Delegate: Trump Primary Wins 'Absolutely Irrelevant' At Convention

Curly Haugland, a Bismarck businessman and North Dakota representative on the Republican National Committee, reads a newspaper on the North Dakota state Republican convention stage in 2010. Dale Wetzel/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Dale Wetzel/AP

Country Superstar Merle Haggard Dies At 79

Listen · 3:23 3:23

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/473339374/473339375" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Morning Edition

Hunt Or Be Hunted: The Walking Dead Experience

March 24, 2016 • The production company for The Walking Dead assembled sets in tractor trailers, which are currently in Salt Lake City. For $60, you can fend off zombies or be made up as a blood-covered walker.

Hunt Or Be Hunted: The Walking Dead Experience

Listen · 0:29 0:29

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/471685031/471685032" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Europe

Belgian Ambassador: 'This Is Not Going To Intimidate Us In Any Way'

March 24, 2016 • Johan Verbeke, Belgium's ambassador to the U.S., says they live as world citizens, and the best way for his country to move past this week's tragedy is to not feel intimidated.

Belgian Ambassador: 'This Is Not Going To Intimidate Us In Any Way'

Listen · 3:47 3:47

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/471684985/471684986" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Morning Edition

Australian Prime Minister Slightly Changes Borrowed Slogan Using Change

March 23, 2016 • Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character in Veep uses the slogan "Continuity With Change." Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is using the slogan "continuity AND change." Maybe just a little change.

Australian Prime Minister Slightly Changes Borrowed Slogan Using Change

Listen · 0:29 0:29

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/471543329/471543330" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

LISTEN: Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Hopes To Talk Him Out Of Torture

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking in Washington, D.C., earlier this week. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Alex Brandon/AP

Politics

LISTEN: Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Hopes To Talk Him Out Of Torture

March 23, 2016 • Trump is calling for torture "because we are in a political season," Walid Phares said, but in the White House "he's going to be tasking experts to answer that question."

LISTEN: Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Hopes To Talk Him Out Of Torture

Listen · 5:00 5:00

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/471543396/471543397" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

National

Cruise To Cuba For Cultural Exchange

March 22, 2016 • Carnival says it's getting approval to send ships to Cuba, but there is a catch. These are designated as "cultural exchange" trips, so Americans must spend hours per day in some cultural activity.

Cruise To Cuba For Cultural Exchange

Listen · 0:28 0:28

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/471400261/471404412" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Europe

Burglars In Sweden Blow Up Building Trying To Empty ATM

March 22, 2016 • The robbers blew up the walls around the ATM, but authorities say no one was hurt. Still, they're not sure there was any money in the machine and in any case, it might not have survived the explosion.

Monday May 30, 2016

3 Shipwrecks In 3 Days: 700 People Die Trying To Cross Mediterranean

Thursday May 5, 2016

Sanders Reminds Appalachia Voters He Has Championed Their Cause

Monday April 25, 2016

Gannett Makes A Bid For Tribune Publishing

Thursday April 21, 2016

For Tennessee Governor Weighing Religious Objection Bill, It's All About Values

A View From Appalachia: Living Below The Poverty Line

Appalachia Looks To Improve Its Future; Looks For Helpful Leaders

Thursday April 14, 2016

Thursday April 7, 2016

Country Superstar Merle Haggard Dies At 79

Thursday March 24, 2016

Hunt Or Be Hunted: The Walking Dead Experience

Belgian Ambassador: 'This Is Not Going To Intimidate Us In Any Way'

Wednesday March 23, 2016

Australian Prime Minister Slightly Changes Borrowed Slogan Using Change

LISTEN: Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Hopes To Talk Him Out Of Torture

Tuesday March 22, 2016

Cruise To Cuba For Cultural Exchange