The ongoing oil dispute between Baghdad and Kurdistan intensifies as US intervention sparks backlash and highlights the power struggle over oil resources and regional autonomy.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Andy Corren about his new memoir "Dirtbag Queen," which memorializes his mother. He previously wrote a viral obituary for her in The Fayetteville Observer.

SIMON: Difficult questions about humans. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize winner. Her new novel, "We Do Not Part," now in English, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris. Thank you so much for being with us.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL playoffs, the college football national championship, and remembers Milwaukee Baseball legend Bob Uecker.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

José "Cha Cha" Jimenez, a Puerto Rican activist in Chicago, died last week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with DePaul University professor Jacqueline Lazú about his life and legacy.

President Joe Biden wraps up his term with a flurry of activity before Inauguration Day, and cold weather moves President-elect Donald Trump inside the Capitol for his oath of office and address.

The Israeli government approved a ceasefire deal that could bring an end to the 15 months of war in Gaza. It's slated to go into effect Sunday morning.

Monday marks five years since the U.S. recorded its first case of COVID-19. Well over a million Americans died over the next few years. The virus is still with us, of course, and there are new pandemic threats, including bird flu. NPR's Will Stone joins us. Will, thank you for being with us. Sure thing, Scott.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Doug Heller, at the Consumer Federation of America, who says putting all risky plans in one basket is a disaster waiting to happen. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele ...

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The famed filmmaker’s son, Scott Eastwood, revealed how his dad, 94, is doing six months after Sandera died at age 61 of a heart attack last July. At the time of Sandera’s death, the Oscar ...