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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Eugenio Derbez and director Christopher Zalla about "Radical," a new film based on the true story of an unconventional teacher in Matamoros, Mexico.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Edward Carey about his novel, "Edith Holler," a macabre, yet funny tale about a peculiar little girl cursed to live in a theater in Norwich, England.

NPR's Scott Simon visited the Inn of Chicago this week, where migrants are now being housed. The building is the same one his father died in 55 years ago.

NPR's Scott Simon looks back and ahead at Israel's security challenges with Ami Ayalon. He's the former head of Israel's domestic intelligence service.

The latest on recovery efforts in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco after a devastating Category 5 hurricane.

The week in politics ushered in a new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives — after 22 days — and more foreign policy challenges for the Biden administration.

A look at how daily life has changed in Israel since the Hamas attacks.

Approximately 50,000 women are pregnant in Gaza's population of 2.2 million and 150 of them give birth each day. Medical care and clean water are dire needs, says the UN population agency

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author A.K. Blakemore about her new novel, "The Glutton." It's based on an 18th-century Frenchman known for eating just about anything.

The Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia has been dealing with an opioid crisis for years. A drug known as "tranq" is further complicating an already fraught situation.