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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Ian McKellen about his starring role as a powerful London theater critic who savages "bad performance" in Anand Tucker's new film The Critic.

Some chefs are making the switch to electric stoves, and they are finding surprising benefits beyond just improving their climate impact.

A rundown of the fall movies that we should be looking forward to the most, and the standouts from the Toronto International Film Festival.

Linguist John McWhorter speaks with Steve Inskeep about Donald Trump's "weaving" style of speech.

Russia's war on Ukraine will top Biden-Starmer meeting agenda. With the debate behind them, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hit the campaign trail. Gas stoves may get a health warning in California.

The FBI is investigating a bomb threat that had officials in Springfiel evacuate city hall. The Ohio city has been dealing with hostile and false rumors about Haitians who live there.

How would a potential Kamala Harris administration approach fiscal issues like taxes and tariffs? NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former Biden administration economist Kim Clausing.

Awards were handed out Thursday night for scientific research that might be a bit off the beaten track. The goal is to make people laugh -- and think.

Harvard announced Black student enrollment dropped. NPR's Michel Martin talks to assistant professor Zachary Bleemer at Princeton, about the absence of affirmative action in elite school admissions.

What effect does climate change have on food scarcity in the U.S. and abroad? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tim Searchinger, a researcher on energy and the environment.