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How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little help from AI. (Image credit: Bradford Hollingsworth)

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end fighting in eastern Congo that commits them to a permanent ceasefire to be signed in one month. (Image credit: Moses Sawasawa)

Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month. (Image credit: Smith Collection)

Authorities in Brazil, worried that the former far right president is a flight risk, are imposing new restrictions on his movements. The tough surveillance moves come as President Trump continues to voice strong support for the ex-leader who is facing charges of plotting a coup to stay in power. (Image credit: MATEUS BONOMI)

One of the narratives at the heart of President Trump’s political movement is this: American society is dominated by a shadowy group of elites, and those elites are deeply corrupt. Nothing represented that theory more than the case of Jeffrey Epstein. He was a man most people had never heard of initially, with a private plane and a private island. Acquainted with the world’s most powerful people: British royalty, U.S. presidents. A man who ultimately died in jail…by suicide, according to authorities… before the case against him went to trial. Epstein’s case and his death bred skepticism and conspiracy theories – especially among supporters of Donald Trump. Now, some of Trump’s most ardent supporters are attacking his Justice Department’s decision not to release all of the files related to the Epstein case. Trump says nobody cares about Epstein. But his base won’t let it go. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org. (Image credit: Davidoff Studios Photography)

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Tom Michael, general manager of Boise State Public Radio, about what the cuts to federal public media funding mean for his station.

Camps in nature can be great for kids, but they can also expose campers to floods, wildfires and heat. Here are the top questions experts say people should ask camps about safety.

Filmmaker Ken Burns tells NPR’s Michel Martin about the role that federal funding has played in his documentary work and the potential impact of the loss of that funding on children’s programming. (Image credit: Amy Sussman)

After a memorable All-Star game, today we listen back to some favorite baseball interviews from the Fresh Air archives: conversations with Jamie Moyer, Mike Piazza, Tony La Russa and Brad Ausmus.

Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the United Nations agency. (Image credit: Hellio & van Ingen/IBAP)