Search results for

John talks with NPR's Ketzel Levine about plants that do well in offices. While many plants will shrivel under fluorescent light, plants that are suited to irregular care and indirect light can thrive. Listeners can follow along on Ketzel's web site, Talking Plants. (6:30)

Host Madeleine Brand talks with the Tucson-based band Calexico, who try to capture the spirit of their region in music - a soundtrack to the Southwest. (6:30) {Calexico, Even My Sure Things Fall Through. Quarterstick Records, Chicago, IL: 1998-2001}.

Robert reads from listeners' letters. Topics include moving to small towns and last week's blue moon. Letters should be addressed to LETTERS - All Things Considered. 6-3-5 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington D-C 20001. Or by E-Mail ATC@NPR.ORG. (5:00) (***STER

Nick Spitzer reviews the latest CD from Johnny Cash. It's called "Unchained" and features Cash at his most rocking ever. (STATIONS: "Unchained" is on the American Recordings label, catalog number 9-43097-2) (6:00) ((ST

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on a congressional race in Alabama pitting a longtime Democratic state senator against a Republican businessman who's never held elected office. (6:00) [outcue: "... affecting the balance of power in the House next year. I'm Peter Kenyon reporting."

After a year when NASDAQ tech stocks finished off nearly 40 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 6.2 percent, economic advisor Owen Ullman looks ahead.

The Oath Keepers are a far-right group charged with seditious conspiracy over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's West Java province on Monday.

Was 2023 the year of the strike? Hard to say, given that only 6% of private sector workers were unionized in 2022.

On TikTok, the hashtag "dementia" has 3 billion views. Caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias have been using the site to swap tips and share the burdens of life with dementia.