The Latest Producer Picks: Bruce Lee, the international icon who holds a special place in Seattle's heart We're rounding out 2025 with some of our favorite conversations we had on the show this year. In this episode, we're revisiting our interview with Jeff Chang, the author of an in-depth biography on Bruce Lee. Libby Denkmann Latin America The reason behind the flip-flop boycott in Brazil 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. Carrie Kahn National Wildlife crossings save animals, people and billions in vehicular damage costs Car crashes with wildlife kill about 200 Americans every year. Federal funding is helping states build safe animal crossings to reduce the carnage. Stephanie Daniel National Security Trump sent in the National Guard to fight crime in 2025. Results were unclear 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? Martin Kaste National When ice and snow build up on the roads, this woman heads out for a drive 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. Emily Russell Arts & Life A top chef weighs in on recipe ideas for the Kwanzaa table The weeklong celebration of Kwanzaa is a perfect opportunity to revisit soothing, hearty winter foods, says celebrity chef Tanya Holland. Anastasia Tsioulcas Arts & Life A college student in her 60s shares wisdom when it comes to reinventing oneself Joan Steidl, who is now retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college. Books Books We Love: Working with Toni Morrison What was it like to work with Toni Morrison as an editor? One NPR editor looked into it. Tinbete Ermyas From Pope Leo to Charlie Kirk, a look back at this year's biggest religion stories The first American pope, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, and clergy-members' response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are the top religion stories of 2025. Jason DeRose Business Book distributor shutting down deals logistical blow to libraries Baker and Taylor is among a few companies that act as the distribution middle man between libraries and publishers. The company's announcement that it is shutting down is a blow to librarians. Andrew Limbong Prev 426 of 1646 Next Sponsored
Producer Picks: Bruce Lee, the international icon who holds a special place in Seattle's heart We're rounding out 2025 with some of our favorite conversations we had on the show this year. In this episode, we're revisiting our interview with Jeff Chang, the author of an in-depth biography on Bruce Lee. Libby Denkmann
Latin America The reason behind the flip-flop boycott in Brazil 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. Carrie Kahn
National Wildlife crossings save animals, people and billions in vehicular damage costs Car crashes with wildlife kill about 200 Americans every year. Federal funding is helping states build safe animal crossings to reduce the carnage. Stephanie Daniel
National Security Trump sent in the National Guard to fight crime in 2025. Results were unclear 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? Martin Kaste
National When ice and snow build up on the roads, this woman heads out for a drive 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. Emily Russell
Arts & Life A top chef weighs in on recipe ideas for the Kwanzaa table The weeklong celebration of Kwanzaa is a perfect opportunity to revisit soothing, hearty winter foods, says celebrity chef Tanya Holland. Anastasia Tsioulcas
Arts & Life A college student in her 60s shares wisdom when it comes to reinventing oneself Joan Steidl, who is now retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college.
Books Books We Love: Working with Toni Morrison What was it like to work with Toni Morrison as an editor? One NPR editor looked into it. Tinbete Ermyas
From Pope Leo to Charlie Kirk, a look back at this year's biggest religion stories The first American pope, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, and clergy-members' response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are the top religion stories of 2025. Jason DeRose
Business Book distributor shutting down deals logistical blow to libraries Baker and Taylor is among a few companies that act as the distribution middle man between libraries and publishers. The company's announcement that it is shutting down is a blow to librarians. Andrew Limbong