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Geothermal energy has been limited to places with subtera reservoirs of hot water. A new technology being proven in Utah is expanding it to exploit dry hot rock underground.

She's been known to drink a bottle of Kahlua in the bathtub while ignoring the knocks of her kids outside. She has no shame, and she swears an extremely blue streak. In his new novel, The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days, humorist Ian Frazier spends a year in the life of a temperamental housewife.

The chip designer Nvidia is now worth more than Amazon, Meta and Alphabet. New Yorker contributor Stephen Witt talks about how Nvidia cornered the market for the chips fueling artificial intelligence.

The holy month of Ramadan concluded this week with Eid al-Fitr, a celebration with food, family and friends. For Palestinians, the war in Gaza has weighed heavily on this year's holiday.

In neighborhoods across the country, groups of people are banding together to help the elderly stay in their homes. These non-profit groups are called "villages," and they help provide seniors with security, practical help and companionship they need to stay happily in the home they love.

NPR's Mary Louise talks to professor Beth Allison Barr about the Southern Baptist Convention’s planned vote this week on whether to expel churches where women are pastors.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Vanderbilt University law professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick about class action lawsuits attempting to block Trump administration's policies on birthright citizenship and other issues.

Many white-collar office workers still haven't returned to in-person work. That means other businesses are holding their breath — like the corner sandwich shop and even office plant supplier.

Based on the sci-fi book series Remembrance of Earth's Past, the Netflix series 3 Body Problem imagines Earth's first extensive contact with extraterrestrial intelligent life.

Guest host Rob Schmitz speaks with cookbook author Luisa Weiss about her upcoming book, Classic German Cooking.