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An Ode To Yodeling

By • Oct 10, 2018
Irina Slutsky / flickr

What is yodeling, anyway? Some consider it singing, some say it's an ululation, and still others consider it merely a means to herd animals. Whatever yodeling is, one's thing clear: Yodeling has been around for thousands of years and shows no signs of disappearing.

Who Killed The King?

By & • Aug 28, 2018
Chion Wolf / WNPR

One of the things you will learn this hour is how close New Haven came to being a possession of Spain. Even if you think you know the story of the New Haven Regicides, the men who fled to the New World rather than face punishment, by which I mean death, for their complicity in the execution of Charles I, we probably have some surprises for you.  

By we, I mean Lord Charles Spencer, who joins me in studio to talk about his book, Killers of the King. Spencer writes a very brisk and compelling style of history. To put it another way, if you like Game of Thrones, it's a pretty easy leap from there to this story. 

Dozens Of People Feared Dead After Span Of Busy Highway Bridge Collapses In Italy

By • Aug 14, 2018

Updated at 5 a.m. ET on Wednesday

A long section of the towering Ponte Morandi Bridge completely collapsed in Genoa, Italy, on Tuesday, sending cars and trucks on the A10 highway crashing down below. Dozens of people died in the bridge failure, officials say.

Driver Crashes Car Into Security Barriers At U.K. Parliament; 3 Injured

By • Aug 14, 2018

Updated at 6:45 a.m. ET

A driver crashed a vehicle into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London during the Tuesday morning commute, injuring three people, police and medical personnel say.

The Vikings Invade Connecticut!

By & • Aug 3, 2018
Carmen Baskauf / WNPR

It’s usually historians and scholars who get excited when a university acquires an ancient document. But in the 1960s, a map acquired by Yale University caused such a stir it divided the country.

The Rise And Fall Of The Hat

By • Jul 31, 2018
Chion Wolf / WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio

Take a look at at any early 20th century photograph and you'll see them: Hats! From Beavers and Bowlers to bonnets and baseball caps, for hundreds of years hats were the essential accessory for any fashionable and upstanding citizen.

Watch: Trump Press Conference With Italian Prime Minister

By • Jul 30, 2018
Annette Elizabeth Allen / NPR

President Trump is holding a news conference at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. 

Trump And EU Agree To Work Toward Zero Tariffs

By • Jul 25, 2018

Updated at 6:54 p.m. ET

President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday that they have agreed to work toward removing all trade barriers between the two sides.

In a Rose Garden announcement, Trump said the EU had also agreed to buy U.S. soybeans, a day after he announced a $12 billion bailout package for farmers hit by retaliatory tariffs. Trump said the EU will also become a "massive buyer" of U.S. liquefied natural gas.

The Sinking Helsinki Presser And Our Sinking Feelings

By • Jul 16, 2018
Frédéric BISSON / flickr creative commons

We had planned ("planned") to do a show today about how we're getting too familiar with our sinking feelings.

And then that Trump-Putin press conference happened.

The Nose On The Art And Industry Of Protest And HBO's 'Succession'

By • Jul 13, 2018
hbo.com

Logan Roy is the head of a major media conglomerate, much like Rupert Murdoch. Also like Murdoch, he's not sure if he wants any of his kids to take over when he decides to retire.

The Vikings Invade Connecticut!

By & • Jul 6, 2018
Carmen Baskauf / WNPR

It’s usually historians and scholars who get excited when a university acquires an ancient document. But in the 1960s, a map acquired by Yale University caused such a stir it divided the country.

U.K. Police Investigating 2 New Cases Of Deadly Nerve Agent Poisoning

By • Jul 5, 2018

Updated at 9:20 a.m. ET Thursday

British police say two people in their 40s are in critical condition after being contaminated by the same deadly nerve agent used to attack a former Russian spy there in March. They both became sick on Saturday in Amesbury, England.

Is Democracy Dying?

By • Jul 4, 2018
Fort Meade Public Affairs Office / Creative Commons

Populism is on the rise from Europe to India to the United States.

Is President Trump Replicating His Loneliness In Our Foreign Policy?

By • Jun 11, 2018
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Creative Commons

It's lonely at the top.

President Trump has a lot of acquaintances but not many close friends, according to those who know him best. 

U.S. Steel And Aluminum Tariffs Are 'Illegal,' EU Trade Commissioner Says

By • Jun 1, 2018

After U.S. tariffs on imports of European steel and aluminum took effect Friday morning, the EU's top trade commissioner called them "illegal" and a classic case of protectionism.

The EU plans to make its case to the World Trade Organization.

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