NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NASA's astronaut selection manager April Jordan about what the agency is looking for in the next generation of space travelers.

Six months after Hamas attacked Israel, how do Israelis regard the the war in Gaza? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks senior fellow Tamar Hermann of the Israel Democracy Institute.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Matt Lowell, frontman of the band Lo Moon, about the group's new album, "I Wish You Way More Than Luck."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jay Woiderski, President of the Black Lake Chapter of Sturgeon For Tomorrow, about their volunteer Sturgeon Guard program.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Palestinian researcher Yousef Munayyer about Palestinian sentiment six months since the start of Israel's war on Hamas.

Fundraising, electoral college math and third party candidates — how securing a White House victory in a tight election year will come down to a battle for the margins.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ernie Tedeschi, outgoing chief economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, about the latest jobs report and ongoing inflation.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, former director of policy at NATO, about the state of the security alliance on its 75th anniversary.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers about his new collection of piano music, his second, called "Piano Piano 2."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Maryland Gov. Wes Moore about the cleanup and reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Cocoa prices are on the rise because of changing climate patterns and extreme weather.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Thompson-Reuters insurance correspondent Carolyn Cohn about how a record-breaking payout for the Key Bridge disaster may affect the insurance industry.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunnes about distributing aid in Gaza and how aid organizations interact with Hamas in order to do their work.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rae Wynn-Grant about her journey to becoming an ecologist. Grant writes about it in her memoir, "Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Soufan Center Senior Research Fellow Clarke about why the Islamic State staged an attack in Russia and why now.

With less than a month to go before the tax-filing deadline and as it experiments with a new way for people to file electronic returns, the IRS says this year's tax season is proceeding smoothly.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Simone St. James about her new book, "Murder Road," and about weaving the supernatural into her fiction.

Congress passed and President Biden has signed spending measures necessary to operate the government. It is a basic function but one that has become the object of Republican brinksmanship.

People in Senegal will finally have the chance to vote March 24. The country's president postponed elections last month.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor Christina Elmore about the new show "The Girls on the Bus," a breezy drama following four political reporters on the 2016 campaign trail.