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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.
Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.
News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his hometown.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making." ...
The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduction effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Cairns of Scotland The Big Picture about what rogue rewilding entails.
The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan.
After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.
Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the pope's father ...