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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic about President Trump's comments about Montenegro people as "very aggressive" and implying they would start World War III.

Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is unacceptable in all circumstances. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Sister Helen Prejean about the history of the church's stance on capital punishment.

Rachel Martin talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of political tell-all books.

Steve Inskeep talks with commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of government shutdowns.

The price of Bitcoin has skyrocketed more than 1,200 percent this year. That's got people talking about the digital currency and wondering why it has climbed so high and whether its rise is a bubble which will burst.

The Trump administration has decided to shrink the Bears Ears National Monument. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Shaun Chapoose, one of the Native American tribal leaders who fought for the monument's protections in the first place.

Christopher Frayling's new celebration of Frankenstein is half art book, half scholarly study, tracing the famous monster's path from page to stage to screen, just in time for his 200th birthday.

Whatever you think of Fidel Castro, who died this past week, one fact is clear: the Cuban leader had a thorny relationship with U.S. for almost 50 years.…

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with novelist, essayist and activist Elif Safak following the referendum vote in Turkey that expanded the president's powers.

Why do we reach for that handful of M&Ms and other high-calorie treats under stress? In prehistoric times, such gluttony was probably a useful response to scarcity. That "feast before famine" instinct is less helpful in modern times, when obesity is a bigger health risk than starvation – but evolution hasn't had a chance to catch up.