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  • Sunday Puzzle: Opposite homophones
    NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WVXU listener Dennis Pattinson of Cincinnati, Ohio and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
  • Republican presidential candidates arrive Thursday for the final Republican presidential debate before the Iowa caucus in Des Moines, Iowa.
    The Stream: Get Caught Up On The Iowa GOP Debate
    There was still a big elephant not in the room ahead of tonight's Fox News Iowa Republican debate: Donald Trump.
  • Rosetta On Course To Achieve Historic Mission
    Scientists are celebrating after receiving a signal from a spacecraft on a long journey. The Rosetta is studying a comet in more detail than ever before. The spacecraft's call home means the robot has successfully awakened itself from a long hibernation.
  • #086 Precious Lives: Programming Sherman Park
    On August 13th, all eyes turned to Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood. Protesters jumped on police cars and set buildings on fire, outraged over the…
  • Initial Walker and Burke Campaign Ads Spar over Unemployment Numbers
    Gov. Walker is releasing his first TV ad of the 2014 campaign season, the same week Democrat Mary Burke is running her first political spots.Both ads…
  • High Numbers Of Casualties Tell The Story In Iraq
    We're using numbers to highlight some of the stories of 2013. We look now at the situation in Iraq and the number is 6,639. Steve Inkseep talks to William Dunlop of Agence France-Presse, which has been compiling numbers of those killed and wounded in Iraq.
  • Local Brewery Has Starbucks Frothing Over Stout's Name
    The giant coffee chain sent a cease-and-desist letter to the owner of Exit 6 Pub and Brewery in Missouri. Starbucks told the pub to stop referring to one of its dark, frothy beers as "the frappicino." Starbucks noted it sounds a lot like its trademarked frozen coffee drink.
  • Female Farm Workers Speak Up About Sexual Harassment
    Female laborers are starting to speak up about the hidden price some pay to keep their jobs in the fields: enduring sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape. It can be emotionally difficult for any rape victim to press criminal charges, but female farm workers have to overcome additional cultural hurdles. (This story originally aired on Nov. 6, 2013 on All Things Considered.)
  • Plan Bossy Instead Of Ban Bossy?
    The "ban bossy" campaign has support of women CEOs and even Beyonce. But critics say it misses the mark. The beauty shop ladies weigh in: Connie Schultz, Keli Goff, Bridget Johnson and Michele Norris.
  • Tracey Ullman says she'll never stop doing impressions: "I'll just, you know, impersonate everyone around me then in the nursing home."
    From Maggie Smith To Angela Merkel, Comic Tracey Ullman Leaves An Impression
    The British comedian says she started doing impressions when she was 6 years old. Her new sketch comedy show airs on HBO.
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