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Nicholas van Eck of Portland, Ore., was a chef and co-owned a restaurant before the pandemic. A break in his work made him realize he needed a career change. He shares how he came to that decision.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with artist and producer Finneas, best known for his work with sister Billie Eilish, about his debut album.

Coronavirus infections fall as more Americans get vaccinated, meanwhile a Congressional probe into the January 6th attack continues. Also: a new poll asks Americans what they think of big government.

A panel of experts voted to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a booster dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at least two months after the first shot.

While raising her young daughter, Stephanie Land cleaned houses to scrape by. It was back-aching work for low pay. Her memoir inspired the Netflix series, Maid. Originally broadcast Jan. 29, 2019.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Richmond, Virginia, on the detention of a U.S. citizen captured with the Taliban in Afghanistan last year. Yasser Esam Hamdi has been labeled an "enemy combatant," by the Justice Department. They say this means he is not entitled to normal constitutional protections -- like meeting with his lawyer. A Federal Appeals Court has heard arguments, and its decision could set an important precedent in the war on terror's affects on civil liberties.

From member station WXXI in Rochester, New York, Brenda Tremblay reports that a lot of college students are toting cell phones to school, along with their stereos and personal computers. That means colleges that used to make money on calls home from the dorm are losing some big business.

The death of Sen. Paul Wellstone sends both major political parties scrambling as the Nov. 5 general election nears. Who will control the Senate? Hear more from NPR's Bob Edwards and Ron Elving.

Top Democrats are currently working behind the scenes to cut the cost of programs without undermining their policy goals.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports that a fight in Nevada County, California, over a November ballot measure could energize the growing national property rights movement. The initiative, known as Measure D, would expand on the constitutional requirement for the government to pay residents for any property it takes from them. Measure D says even if the government doesn't actually take that property, but only restricts its use, it has to pay.