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Jorge lives in a small efficiency near downtown Miami. He sells fruit on the street to make a living, and says he has felt the impacts of increasingly hot summers on his health.

In Florida, Doctors See Climate Change Hurting Their Most Vulnerable Patients

The medical community in Florida is increasingly sounding the alarm about the health risks associated with rising temperatures.

John Moreland Brings Back The Old Fashioned Idea Of The Album With 'LP5'

The Tulsa, Okla.,-based singer-songwriter has a reputation for writing superb sad songs, but his new record shows a wider range of emotions, with novelistic details in the lyrics.

Country Singer Kelsey Waldon Reaches Back To An Earlier Era In 'I've Got A Way'

Waldon puts a distinctive spin on classic country with her new album. Critic Ken Tucker calls her singing, which avoids excessive emotion or embellishment, "the musical version of hard-boiled prose."

A firefighter battles a wildfire on Thursday at Faria State Beach in Ventura, Calif.

Southern California Fires Surpass 140,000 Acres As Santa Ana Winds Drive Flames

One fire official says he foresees a fight that could last weeks. The weather trends that favor wildfires could be around a lot longer than that.

Remembering Smithereens' Songwriter And Lead Singer Pat DiNizio

DiNizio, who died Tuesday, told Fresh Air in 1988 that his music was influenced by the songs he grew up listening to on AM radio in the 1960s. The Smithereens formed in Carteret, NJ, in 1980.

'Florida Project' Tops David Edelstein's List Of The Year's Best Films

In a year dominated by stories of sexual harassment and abuse, Fresh Air's movie critic says his favorite films featured voices that aren't heard from enough.

Kwesi Bido walks through part of the electronic waste dump at Agbogbloshie, in Accra, Ghana. Some of the digital waste comes from developed countries, where it was supposed to be recycled — but instead was illegally shipped here to be dumped.

A Shadow Economy Lurks In An Electronics Graveyard

Two decades ago, the region of Agbogbloshie in Ghana was a lush mangrove swamp. Now, reporter and photographer Yepoka Yeebo explains, it's a vast dump full of electronic waste and young scavengers.

Comedian's Career Is Central To 'Quality Balls'

Legendary comedian David Steinberg is the subject of a new Showtime documentary called Quality Balls. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Steinberg, whose controversial routine was responsible for the cancellation of the Smothers Brothers' TV show in the 1960s.

Aasif Mandvi, whose new book is <em>No Land's Man</em>, starred in and co-wrote the 2009 film <em>Today's Special, </em>which was adapted from his off-Broadway one-man show.

Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart

The Daily Show correspondent was born in India, raised in England and moved to Florida as a teen. His new essay collection reflects on his acting career and his life as an immigrant.

Paul Greenberg says the decline of local fish markets, and the resulting sequestration of seafood to a corner of our supermarkets, has contributed to "the facelessness and comodification of seafood."

'The Great Fish Swap': How America Is Downgrading Its Seafood Supply

One-third of the seafood Americans catch is sold abroad, but most of the seafood we eat here is imported and often of lower quality. Why? Author Paul Greenberg says it has to do with American tastes.

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