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It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.

NPR's Rachel Martin is joined by Michele Obama to play the Wild Card game, in which guests randomly select questions from a deck of cards.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, about the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China.

President Trump landed in Texas Friday to visit areas ravaged by floods. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dianna Bryant about the challenges rural areas face in preparing for and responding to disasters.

A dam being built in the Philippines to mitigate an impending water shortage is drawing controversy, and highlighting the disjointed conversation about development in the country.

Widespread flooding in southern California is turning hillsides into rivers of mud, knocking out power to many and leading to evacuation orders in some areas. At least three people have been killed.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Michael Cunningham about his new book, The Snow Queen, in which his characters plunge into a metaphysical world while navigating family relationships.

Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's national political correspondent Mara Liasson about Mitt Romney's commencement address and the dominant political story of the past week: President Obama's public endorsement of same-sex marriage.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with University of Chicago law professor Craig Futterman about President Trump's plans to send National Guard troops to the Windy City.

Australia's Parliament has passed one of the strictest social media crackdowns in the world. Under the new law, anyone under 16 years old will be banned from opening a social media account.