NPR's Scott Simon accompanied his daughters to the polls, as they voted in their first presidential election.

Violence after a soccer game in Amsterdam shocks both Dutch and Israeli authorities.

We look at the impact of inflation on the outcome of the presidential elections this week.

Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood -- similar to the Vatican in Italy -- to a Muslim minority within the country.

Fifty-seven percent of Floridian voters wanted to protect abortion rights going up to about the 24th week of pregnancy. But a 60 percent majority is required there, so the abortion amendment failed.

On a rare undeveloped point of the California coast, scientists are trying to repopulate shorelines with an endangered marine snail. This type of experimental conservation is becoming more necessary. This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 7, 2024.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sunmin Kim, an assistant professor in Dartmouth College's sociology department, about the reliability of political polling leading up to elections.

Montana not only went enthusiastically for Trump for a third time, but took the last statewide seat held by a Democrat. Senator Jon Tester's defeat caps a years-long quest to erase purple from Montana's map.

Twenty years of programs, two hours a day, every day. That's around 45-thousand performances, recorded in places as remote as alpine ski villages in South Korea, to the great cathedrals of music in Paris, to chamber music festivals in the hills of New Mexico, to NPR's own Studio 4-A. It's impossible to squeeze 20 years into two hours, so here are some sweet memories, thrilling performances, and even a few flukes.

Pianist Andre Watts joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic and = conductor Paavo Jarvi at Disney Hall for a concert performance of Sergei = Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

If you say you want a revolution, look no farther than = pianist Andre Watts. Before he tackles Rachmaninoff's second piano = concerto this hour, Watts plays snippets of that 1800s revolutionary = composer, Frederic Chopin. Here are two of Chopin's Etudes, Op. 10, No. = 9, and Op. 10, No. 12.=20

Small-town America is the setting for Aaron Copland's music for = the score to the film version of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. = The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, is in = Severance Hall for this performance of the Suite from Our Town.

The tale of the Greek Nymph, Echo, is a sad one: She didn't = return the love of the Greek God, Pan, who eventually killed her. This = is Jean Sibelius' take on the murderous love story, called Pan and = Echo. Neemi Jarvi conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.=20

Bruce Adolphe joins us in NPR's Studio 4A for this week's = Piano Puzzler. We have a listener on the line to guess the popular tune = Adolphe has disguised in the style of a mystery classical composer.

Bruce Adolphe's inspiration this week was the pentatonic scale = that characterizes some American and Native American folk music. He = wrote that flavor into his American String Quartet, the Quartet No. 12, = as you can hear in the third movement, played by the Cleveland Quartet.=20

With a bird's-eye view of the life of a composer, we tend to = divide them into three parts: the beginning, the middle and the end. = From a recital of Chopin's late works, we hear the Polonaise Fantasie, = and then an echo of an earlier time with the Waltz in G-Flat. Pianist = Louis Lortie is in concert at Portland State University.

Always listen to your mother — that's advice the = legendary Finnish figure Lemminkainen might have wanted to take. But he = thought he knew better and got into trouble for his antics. We hear = Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari, set to music by Jean Sibelius and = performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and conductor Arvo Volmer in = Reykjavik.=20

Pianist Andre Watts joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Paavo Jarvi at Disney Hall for a concert performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

Congress returns this week. Republicans are hopeful they will maintain their House majority in the next Congress. In the Senate, Republicans will choose the next majority leader.

"Candyman" actor Tony Todd died Nov. 6. He was 69.

Chicago may soon become the largest city in the northern hemisphere without an intercity bus terminal as Greyhound's downtown station is threatened.

Tourists stayed away from western North Carolina this year after Helene swept through the area, and towns that depend on leaf lookers are bracing for big losses.

How a unique wilderness in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being revived and preserved for future generations.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Georgetown Law Professor Steve Vladeck about the role federal courts can play as a check on presidential power during a second Trump Administration.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer about his latest work for the film "Blitz."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Punchbowl News reporter Brendan Pedersen about the cryptocurrency industry's heavy spending on the 2024 campaign and what it could mean for crypto regulation.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with A.B. Stoddard, columnist at The Bulwark, about the election results and if it means there has been a durable political realignment.

This again. Jiminy. Well, once more, let's talk *around* another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something *about* it.

Dan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros.

Tyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography.

Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss Apple's September product announcements, and Meta's Orion prototype AR glasses.

Nilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16.

Special guest Taegan Goddard, longtime writer and founder of Political Wire, joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of independent media.

Chance Miller, ace reporter (and editor-in-chief) for 9to5Mac, joins the show to talk about the latest changes to Apple's DMA compliance plans with iOS, expectations for the September Apple event, and more.

Christina Warren (a.k.a. “Mary Brown”) returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new iOS 18.1 and MacOS 15.1 betas (featuring Apple Intelligence), a little reminiscing about Gil Amelio and Steve Jobs, and the bizarre saga of TUAW, resurrected as a zombie AI slopsite.

Special guest Hunter Hillegas, author of the excellent Vegas Mate app, joins the show to discuss euphemistic emoji, the CrowdStrike fiasco, and the closing of the iconic Mirage resort in Las Vegas.

John Moltz returns to the show for a holiday-week look at the best of recent prestige streaming content, particularly Apple TV+. And, yes, a bit on the latest Apple/EU/DMA drama.

Quinn Nelson, renowned host of [Snazzy Labs](https://www.youtube.com/@snazzy), returns to the show to recap the highlights of WWDC: Apple Intelligence, platform updates, and the latest salvos from the EC regarding Apple’s compliance with the DMA.

Recorded in front of a live (and lively) audience at The California Theatre in San Jose Tuesday evening, special guests John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2024.

Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include the upcoming Daylight DC-1 monochrome “e-paper” tablet, more thoughts on the new iPad Pros, and what we expect/hope for from Apple at WWDC. Also: a one-button keyboard.

Special guest M.G. Siegler returns to the show to talk about the new iPad Pros, the iPadOS/MacOS functional gulf, the OpenAI/Scarlett Johansson controversy, and M.G.'s new blog Spyglass.

Federico Viticci returns to the show to discuss MacStories’s 15th anniversary, Apple’s upcoming “Let Loose” keynote for new iPad hardware, and more.

The one and only John Moltz returns to the show to talk about the relative dearth of original content for Vision Pro, WWDC rumors and guesses, and, yes, a wee bit about Apple's regulatory/antitrust tribulations.

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple. And sports gambling.

Adam Lisagor returns to the show to discuss, while wearing, Apple Vision Pro.

Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include the Apple-Masimo patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen sensors, the new External Payment Links entitlement for the App Store, and more.

Apple’s 2023 year in review, with Casey Liss.

Special holiday guest: John Siracusa. Special holiday topics: the Apple/Masimo patent dispute over the blood oxygen sensors in Apple Watches, the ongoing Beeper Mini/iMessage saga, iOS 17.3’s upcoming Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple’s new Journal app. Also, an ode to big-ass tower desktops.

Nilay Patel returns to the show. Topics include the iPhones 15, journalism in the age of AI, and what it’s like to have Barack Obama on your podcast.