NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Gints Zilbalodis about his new Oscar-nominated, animated film, "Flow." ...

New York State prisons saw strikes, prison unrest and correctional officer charges in the beating death of an inmate.

We look at President Trump's embrace of Vladimir Putin as he turns his back on U.S. ally, Ukraine, as well as mass firings at government agencies and how that will affect the services they provide.

Hackey Sack is not just a game to play at Phish concerts. One Oregon middle school teacher wants to make it the state sport.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Austan Goolsbee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago about consumer sentiment and inflation.

At a pivotal time for Europe and NATO, Germany holds elections on Sunday. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Constanze Stelzenmüller of the Brookings Institution about the stakes of the election.

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant recap a week of intense international hockey and discuss a scary diagnosis for a rising NBA star.

NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman joins us. Tom, thanks for being with us. TOM BOWMAN, BYLINE: Good to be with you, Scott. SIMON: What happened? BOWMAN: Well, you know, it is stunning, but it ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Allison Epstein about her new novel "Fagin the Thief," which imagines a backstory for the character from the Charles Dickens ...