Folk musician Jesse Welles fascinates me. He’s on a creative tear at the moment, writing songs about the news just hours after an event happens. I caught him in the midst of this to talk about his work: www.npr.org/2026/04/26/n...

Musician Jesse Welles sings about the news, to great fanfare

Singer-songwriter Jesse Welles has made a name for himself by singing the news. NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Welles about his music and what motivates his creativity.

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The General Secretary of the RSS -the Hindu nationalist group that is behind the rise of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi - rarely speaks to the international press, but his group reached out to us for this exclusive interview: www.npr.org/2026/04/25/n...

In a rare interview, a leader of the world's largest right-wing group talks to NPR

The second-in-command of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist organization in India, rarely speaks to the Western press. Here's what he said about his group's controversial history.

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Budapest, 1am, last night. A city celebrating the power of the people. Our team from NPR hosted All Things Considered from Hungary’s capital to bring listeners closer to this historic moment: npr.org/people/4932689…

You know you've sent too many reporters to the Olympics when...

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After Olympic figure skaters finish their programs, plush toys and gifts rain down onto the ice as tokens of appreciation from the audience. That’s when young skaters known as flower kids jump into action. nyti.ms/4kRruWG

Listen to @npr.org's All Things Considered today to catch my interview with former National Security Advisor John Bolton about President Trump's next moves in Iran and where he thinks these historic protests on the streets of Iran's biggest cities are headed: www.npr.org

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Top stories in the U.S. and world news, politics, health, science, business, music, arts and culture. Nonprofit journalism with a mission. This is NPR.

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Pink Floyd's 1975 album WISH YOU WERE HERE still rips, dude. Anyway, Nick Mason is on @npr.org's Weekend Edition Saturday Dec. 13th talking with @robschmitz.bsky.social about that and so much more.

Munich's famous river wave, the Eisbachwelle, vanished after a dredging in early November. Authorities are working to resurrect the beloved wave but impatient surfers have also tried their own methods. n.pr/43ETW6N

Surf's down! Munich, until now an inland surfing hotspot, has lost its biggest wave

Munich's famous river wave, the Eisbachwelle, vanished after a dredging in early November. Authorities are working to resurrect the beloved wave but impatient surfers have also tried their own methods.

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My latest w/NPR's Anas Baba on Gaza's unexploded ordnance and the plans to remove what is believed to be tens of thousands of unexploded bombs from the strip. www.instagram.com/reel/DQputzC...

Your assignment: 153 books. 7 months. And you thought your book club was intense. This is what awaits the judges for the Booker Prize, which will be awarded on Nov 10. On @npr.org's and @wbur.org's Here & Now I spoke to a judge about how he does it: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

What is it like to judge a literary competition? A Booker judge weighs in

Chris Power has read more than 150 novels in seven months as one of the judges for this year's Booker prize.

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Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan.

Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks'

Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan.

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My wonderful German colleague @alisaschllnbrg.bsky.social interviewed me about how I saw Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit with President Trump. Here’s our conversation:

Alisa Schellenberg@alisaschllnbrg.bsky.social · last yr.

Friedrich Merz war in Washington, und ich durfte ein schönes Kollegengespräch mit NPR-Korri @robschmitz.bsky.social führen. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Friedrich Merz war in Washington, und ich durfte ein schönes Kollegengespräch mit NPR-Korri @robschmitz.bsky.social führen. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Friedrich Merz in den USA: "Der Englisch sprechende Merz scheint anders"

Beim Auftritt im Oval Office wirkte Friedrich Merz wie ausgewechselt. Das hat auch mit der Sprache zu tun, sagt Rob Schmitz, Korrespondent des US-Senders NPR.

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„Merz' Englisch ist fantastisch. Es ist wirklich gut.“ NPR-Korrespondent Rob Schmitz im Interview über Merz‘ Englisch, die Begegnung mit Trump und den Faktor Six Foot Five. Von Alisa Schellenberg www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-... @alisaschllnbrg.bsky.social @robschmitz.bsky.social

Friedrich Merz in den USA: "Der Englisch sprechende Merz scheint anders"

Beim Auftritt im Oval Office wirkte Friedrich Merz wie ausgewechselt. Das hat auch mit der Sprache zu tun, sagt Rob Schmitz, Korrespondent des US-Senders NPR.

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Stacking the judiciary w/loyalists. Targeting universities & News orgs. Purging the government. Eliminating the "woke" agenda. Our @npr.org story on Viktor Orban's track record in Hungary & who it's inspired. "Trump went further in two months than Orban could in 15 years" www.npr.org/2025/04/20/n...

How to dismantle democracy: Lessons aspiring autocrats may take from Hungary's Orban

The dismantling of Hungary's democracy is a point of fascination for political scientists around the world — including those advising the Trump administration.

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A year ago, NPR Gaza Producer Anas Baba and I profiled Nimer, an 11-year old boy shot five times by the Israeli military, suffering greatly from his wounds. A year later, Anas set out to find Nimer to see if he survived. He did. And here’s our update: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Never give up - one Gaza boy's story of trying to survive in Gaza

Podcast Episode · Consider This from NPR · 03/16/2025 · 14m

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"There's nothing that the United States could want in Greenland that they couldn't get just by talking to us normally without threats of annexation" -Ramus Jarlov, member of the Danish Parliament, in my @npr.org story on how the Danes are handling Trump's Greenland envy: www.npr.org/2025/02/10/n...

A professor of Chinese studies asked China's AI-bot Deepseek some questions about what happened at Tiananmen Square on 4 June 1989, and here's the result:

Christian Göbel@christiangoebel.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tiananmen

What, traditionally, were performing robots are now replaced by performing robots.

We need more lowest-level talks to repair this relationship.

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Schlubs From U.S., China Meet In Lowest-Level Talks theonion.com/schlubs...

"We are like the dreamer who dreams, and then lives in the dream. But who is the dreamer?" Thank you, David Lynch, for being you and for sharing your fascination of life and beyond with us.

Berlin, now, sundown.

Incredible byline, incredible dateline, incredible story. Great to see Evan’s work again in the WSJ www.wsj.com/world/russia...

There are nearly a million Syrians living in Germany, the largest diaspora outside the Middle East. Our story about how they’re grappling with the fall of the Assad regime: Syrian refugees in Germany ponder returning after Assad ouster www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...

Some Syrian refugees in Berlin ponder returning post-Assad, others call Germany home

Germany hosts almost a million Syrians who fled war and dictatorship.

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Former US ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell reportedly paid influencers to promote him on social media to become the incoming Trump administration's Secretary of State, per @politico.com. The effort failed.

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Politico is reporting that Ric Grenell offered MAGA influencers five-figure contracts to promote him on social media for Sec of State. I went back and looked and found a bunch within a 3-day window. Here are a few.

Martyn Stewart has spent his life collecting the sounds of nature. Now that audio has been paired with the sweeping music of Robert Shields, aka ONR, on their new album "Imperfect Cadence". Please listen to the result - it's magical: www.npr.org/2024/11/27/n...

My conversation with World Central Kitchen founder, chef Jose Andres, on the spirit of Thanksgiving and his org's mission to feed the hungry in these turbulent times: www.npr.org/2024/11/26/n...

Chef Jose Andres discusses his mission to feed the hungry in times of disaster

Chef Jose Andres talks about his work around the world as founder of World Central Kitchen, and how he spends Thanksgiving.

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If you grew up listening to the Pixies & the Breeders, you must listen to my convo on @npr.org w/the great Kim Deal, who discusses her first -yes, first! - solo album "Nobody Loves You More," which is, unsurprisingly, sublime: www.npr.org/2024/11/25/n...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant. I talk to @steveinskeep.bsky.social about what this means: www.npr.org/2024/11/21/n...

Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 is under investigation by Swedish authorities for severing telecommunications cables between Sweden & Lithuania and Germany & Finland. The ship is still being held by a Danish navy patrol boat. My report on NPR's Morning Edition: www.npr.org/2024/11/21/n...

Two undersea data cables damaged in the Baltic Sea

Germany's defense minister said damage to two data cables in the Baltic Sea appeared to be acts of sabotage. Several European countries have launched investigations.

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My conversation last night on @npr.org about the Chinese vessel stopped by the Danish navy: www.npr.org/2024/11/20/n...