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NPR's Scott Simon asks Wharton School management professor Ethan Mollick about research into pandemic predictions and how to make the people around you happy.

NPR's Book Concierge has nearly 400 recommendations. Today: four suggestions for reading on current events.

George Floyd has been honored in a memorial service in Minneapolis Thursday. His death in police custody on May 25 triggered protests across the nation.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Peter Spiegel, U.S. managing editor for the Financial Times, about the G7 summit and how the U.S.-China trade war is affecting the global economy.

Jeremy Swift is best known for his loveable turn as Leslie Higgins in "Ted Lasso” or his role as Septimus Spratt in “Downton Abbey. But in the new film “Grow,” he dabbles in some villainy.

President-elect Trump doubled down on his threat to impose economic pressure against Canada. The warning comes one day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to step down.

Writer Alyssa Cole, whose romance books feature Black characters, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that her novels aren't just inclusive, they are also inherently political.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Daniel Loedel about his his new novel, Hades, Argentina.

We discuss NFL quarterbacks, the latest on Aaron Hernandez, and the possibility that France, Germany and Austria could withdraw from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea over security concerns.

Ireland has Europe's biggest trade surplus with the US. So Trump's plans to slash corporate tax, onshore multinationals and impose tariffs could hit Ireland hard.