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In West Africa, a new policy is hailed as a first step to making expensive and arduous flights cheaper.

Propelled by clicks, pings and a ghostly backing vocal, "Belarus" is a characteristically oblique Low song: It's built on phrases that set the scene without making a meaning clear, and it draws its power from an arrangement that's both understated and overpowering.

The Indian-American composer discusses writing for film, and explains how traveling alone from New York to India and back helped inspire his newest album.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Andrew Marchand, a columnist at The Athletic, about the off-court battle for the rights to broadcast and stream the NBA.

Once the weapon of law enforcement officials, the repellent is available to just about everyone.

Patty Chang Anker recommends a cookbook that eases the anxieties of anyone trying to cook Chinese-American meals, and Lev Grossman reminds us that there is a Seussian storm comparable to the one that shut down Atlanta this week.

In the early 1950s, a young Nebraskan reinvented radio by hiring charismatic DJs to spin the same 40 hits. Radio has never been the same. Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher talks about his book, Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution that Shaped a Generation.

In the June 2024 case City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Eighth Amendment allows cities to punish people experiencing homelessness for sleeping and camping in public spaces. The Eighth Amendment prohibits the government from inflicting “cruel and unusual” punishments. The ruling means that cities can impose criminal penalties for public camping and sleeping, even when individuals are homeless involuntarily due to a lack of available shelter and housing in the community.

A panel discussion about the role of community colleges to develop talent for the 21st Century workforce.

Program Date: Jan. 29, 2021Air Date: Feb.1, 2021From The City Club of Eugene:Just over four months ago, the Holiday Farm Fire consumed more than 173,000…