This week, we’re joined by Johnny Knoxville. He’s been at the center of the Jackass universe for more than two decades and ...

A merry melange of motor maladies on this end of the year episode of the Best of Car Talk.

As a kid, Ramtin fell in love with Frank Herbert's 1965 epic sci-fi novel, Dune. Today, he joins NPR's Books We’ve Loved crew ...

Gen Z and younger millennials are generally the most climate literate generations. As an age cohort that started learning ...

With the year coming to a close, we're sharing our most popular Planet Money bonus episode of 2025! As U.S. trade with China ...

Warren Buffett started out by identifying opportunities in undervalued companies. Later, his strategy was buying a company that would get bigger on its own. We look at that second phase of his career.

Detroit gets its first new mayor in a dozen years, as 38-year-old Mary Sheffield is sworn in. Sheffield also becomes Detroit's first woman mayor.

Angry over a new ad campaign for the famous Brazilian sandal brand Havaianas, the right is trying to get consumers to boycott the iconic flip flops.

Car crashes with wildlife kill about 200 Americans every year. Federal funding is helping states build safe animal crossings to reduce the carnage.

We look at the use of the National Guard by President Trump — as well as the Democratic governor of New Mexico — in cities with higher-than-average crime. How effective can we say the Guard have been?

Driving a snowplow isn't for everyone. It means long hours driving a tank-like truck, and always in weather that would keep many folks at home. We take a ride with a young woman who loves her job.

In today's bonus episode, Wait Wait visual host Emma Choi puts more listener questions to Peter Sagal! How has hosting Wait Wait improved Peter as a person? What was Peter's most memorable birthday ...