Kai McNamee
Stories
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Latin America
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with professor Julio Carrión about the death and legacy of former authoritarian leader of Peru Alberto Fujimori.
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World
How criminal syndicates traffic, torture and enslave people to send scam text messages
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Feliz Solomon, a Wall Street Journal reporter who tracked a network of criminal syndicates that enslave people in a multibillion dollar cyber fraud industry.
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Sports
How much gold is in an Olympic gold medal? Not as much as you might think
What are Olympic medals made of? According to International Olympic Committee regulations, the Olympic gold medals must be made out of at least 92.5% silver. But then are plated with gold.
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Science
Retired astronaut Scott Kelly on life in space and Starliner crew's delayed return
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Science
Scientists may have discovered a rare spade-toothed whale
Scientists in New Zealand have discovered what they believe may be a rare spade-toothed whale - a creature that's never been spotted alive at sea.
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World
Modi's visit to Moscow and what it could mean for the world
NPR’s Scott Detrow talks with Daniel Markey, Senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace, about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic tour through Europe.
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Arts & Life
How big crisis has to be to provoke radical social change, according to a philosopher
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Oxford University philosopher Roman Krznaric about the disruption nexus, a theory for social change he outlines in his new book, History For Tomorrow.
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Politics
RFK Jr. calls Biden-Trump debate 'sad,' sees political opening
Independent candidate RFK Jr. spoke to All Things Considered about the Biden-Trump debate and what it means for his third-party run for the presidency