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Nashville is home to the largest Kurdish population in the United States — and a new podcast, "The Country In Our Hearts" from WPLN, tells the story of the diaspora.

The news from Central Texas, where July 4 rains caused severe flash flooding, continues to be grim. The number of deaths has risen to more than 50, according to state officials. Most, so far, are in Kerr County, according to the County sheriff.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Robert A. Pape of the University of Chicago about what happens when democracies use military force to occupy their own territory. Weeks of talk of sending federal troops into Chicago has set the city on edge.

Podcast releases are in bloom this month. The NPR One team gathered a few recommendations of returning favorites and fresh releases from across public media for your playlist.

The Trump administration is encouraging people to have more children, with baby bonuses and tax breaks. But some families who are practicing pronatalism want alternatives to hospital births.

NPR speaks with Sebastien Lai, son of media mogul Jimmy Lai, a leading figure in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement now on trial for accusations of violating the city's national security law.

The eastern U.S. is dealing with record numbers of wildfires. It's a new problem for many communities. Fire departments are struggling to cope with a situation experts say may become the "new normal."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Shannon Heffernan, criminal justice reporter at The Marshall Project, about the growing number of state-run immigration detention facilities.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Antonia Sebastian, professor of environmental science at UNC Chapel Hill, about the flood risk facing inland communities as hurricanes become more intense.

In a state where every vote matters, both Democratic and Republican campaigns are not only trying to win in counties where they're strongest, they're also trying to lose by less.