Megan Lim
Stories
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History
A lost short story by ‘Dracula’ author Bram Stoker resurfaces
A short story by Dracula author Bram Stoker was discovered by a pharmacist in Dublin in a newspaper published in 1890. Gibbet Hill is a gruesome tale about three kids that accost a man on the road.
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An illegal wine ring — busted in Europe — garnered up to 15 thousand euros per bottle
Six people have been arrested in connection with an international criminal network selling fake bottles of high-end French wine.
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Listen to singles from Green Day's 'Dookie' on a doorbell, wax cylinder or toothbrush
For the 30th anniversary of Dookie, Green Day is offering de-mastered singles: each individually crafted for the most mediocre sound quality at best.
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Staying hopeful through the darkness: One Rabbi's perspective on Oct. 7
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, nearly a year after they met outside Jerusalem.
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Pharrell says his hit ‘Happy’ came from a sarcastic place
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with producer and musician Pharrell Williams about the new movie Piece by Piece, based on his life and told through LEGO.
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Alejandro Mayorkas talks about FEMA’s plans to assist after Helene
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, about assisting the states dealing with Hurricane Helene's aftermath.
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Politics
Instead of debating, Biden welcomed college basketball champs to the White House today
On a day that President Biden might have been ramping up for his second debate of the campaign, he was instead at the White House, welcoming college basketball champions.
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Arts & Life
Apex the Stegosaurus sells on auction for record $44.6 million
Apex the Stegosaurus was sold for $44.6 million at auction Wednesday, breaking the record for most expensive dinosaur fossil.
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Arts & Life
'Our Kind of Game': Mysterious page-turner looks at the cracks in suburban life
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author Johanna Copeland about her new book, Our Kind of Game, which takes place among the moms of a fancy suburb in Virginia.
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New public art turns new eyes to old injustices in Phildadelphia
A new public art exhibit in Philadelphia examines the Declaration of Independence through the eyes of the enslaved people of Monticello.
