Scott Detrow
Stories
-
Politics
The election looms large at the North Carolina State Fair
With less than two weeks until election day, the races loom large over the state fair in North Carolina, where voters are expressing both apathy and anxiety over their top issues and the candidates.
-
National
Justice advocate has concerns about 'new era' for death penalty cases
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the death penalty cases that have come under scrutiny this year.
-
Science
Lake Michigan's mysterious sinkholes
Two years ago, scientists surveyed the floor of Lake Michigan looking for shipwrecks. They found something mysterious and unexpected — a cluster of sinkholes on the lakebed.
-
BOOK: WAR PART II
NPR's Scott Detrow continues his interview with journalist Bob Woodward about his book War, which details how the Biden administration has navigated Russia’s war with Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war.
-
Super/Man shows Christopher Reeves' humanity, before and after his accident
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Alexandra Reeve Givens about a new documentary about her dad, Christopher Reeve. Super/Man is the story of his life before and after his life-changing accident.
-
Bob Woodward talks about his new book and the most serious nuclear threat he’s covered
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with legendary journalist Bob Woodward, whose new book War -- like so many of his books about the American presidency over the last half century - is generating headlines.
-
New book looks at how the federal government categorizes Native identity
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Carrie Lowry Schuttepelz about her new book The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native In America.
-
Politics
Bob Woodward takes NPR behind the headline-grabbing moments in his new book
Bob Woodward speaks to NPR about the revelations in his new book, and recounts how key moments and meetings in recent years played out behind closed doors.
-
Sports
Tennis great Rafael Nadal announces upcoming retirement
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ava Wallace of The Washington Post about Rafael Nadal's career. The tennis star announced he will retire in November.
-
A veteran meteorologist explains why Hurricane Milton made him emotional on air
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with longtime Florida meteorologist John Morales, who got emotional while reporting on Milton prior to the hurricane making landfall.