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Stores in New Jersey will be prohibited from providing single-use plastic carryout bags, paper carryout bags, and polystyrene foam containers.

In Matt Paxton's latest book, America’s top cleaning expert and star of the hit PBS series 'Legacy List' distills his fail-proof approach to decluttering and downsizing.

Bel-Air star Jabari Banks joins us to talk about the hit drama. We'l also talk daylight saving time, after the Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act.

A new book, 'Foreverland', has been called an "illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky."

Scattered attention can leave us missing out on 50% of our lives, but Dr. Amishi Jha says there are simple ways to regain our focus for healthier, happier days.

NPR's Tim Mak explains just how the politically powerful National Rifle Association has successfully blocked almost all gun regulation legislation.

Saul Griffith's hopeful and realistic action plan for fighting climate change while boosting the job market is to electrify, electrify, electrify.

Is there a difference? Millions of people participate in direct-sales companies, recruiting friends and families to sell products, with the ultimate promise of hope.

Body art can tell personal stories. For many of these women, tattoos are a way to reclaim the past and take ownership of the future.

We're joined by Suzanne Simard, author of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest.

We're joined by Daniel Lieberman, author of Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

"As offices and schools reopen, and we venture into more in-person social gatherings, we’re having to relearn how to have conversations," says Deborah Tannen.

What to Say Next: Successful Communication in Work, Life, and Love—with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The messages shift and can be confusing. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk talked to public health communicators about, well, communication.

John Colapinto, author of This is the Voice, joins us to talk about the extraordinary architecture of our sonic sounds. Then, Joseph Turow on his new book, The Voice Catchers.