It’s been almost 15 years since the last deadly plane crash on a U.S. airline. But near misses in U.S. aviation have grown 25% in the last decade. What's behind the rise in close calls?

Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield are the hosts of On the Media, a media criticism show produced by WNYC and distributed by National Public Radio. Their show takes as its mandate the world of media…

Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield are the hosts of On the Media, a weekly NPR show about the media industry.

Christopher Nolan talks about writing and directing the new film Oppenheimer, about the man who's known as the father of the atom bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. Nolan also directed the WWII movie Dunkirk, The Dark Knight, and Inception. The film is about Oppenheimer's leading role in the race to develop the bomb before the Nazis. But after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he became an arms control advocate, opposed building the hydrogen bomb, and was targeted during the anti-communist witch hunts of the 1950s.Later, Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel by James McBride.

"Local public radio has a staffing problem. Stations have considerable potential but aren’t yet in a position to make it happen."

Endurance aloneness, and what the pros have to say about it.

Ken Barcus, longtime Midwest bureau chief on NPR's National Desk, has died at age 67. He took great pride in countering stereotypes of the Midwest and in mentoring scores of young reporters.

Drivers of certain vehicles in Seattle and other parts of Western Washington are shouting at their car radios this week. Not because of any particular song or news item that's being broadcast…

Vox’s flagship daily news podcast will also air on local public radio stations nationwide, in partnership with WNYC Studios.

The remarkable story of the woman who showed us all how to stare down death: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

Ahead of the election, we have stories about people trying to live in the unreality that defines this moment.

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