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Sam Vogelstein used to suffer a hundred seizures a day. Then he tried a marijuana-based drug that wasn't available in the U.S. It stopped his seizures and has just been approved by the FDA.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress and writer Anna Deavere Smith about her essay, The Last of the Nice Negro Girls, which is part of The Atlantic's Inheritance project.

Robert Siegel talks with Hugh Pope of the Wall Street Journal about his latest book, Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World. Pope follows the history of the Turkic people — an ethnic group covering some 140 million people in Central Asia.

NPR's Tonya Mosley talks to House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina after Trump's impeachment for incitement of insurrection. The article now goes to the Senate, which convenes next week.

President Biden's measure is tougher than the ethics orders of his two predecessors. Still, some ethics advocates are pushing Biden to go even further.

The Biden administration is expected to be sued over its ban on new oil and gas leasing on federal land. In top fossil fuel states like Wyoming, cuts to services and mass layoffs were already looming.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jane Mayer, chief Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, about Sen. Mitch McConnell and what motivated him to finally cut ties with then-President Trump.

In his new book Double Cross, Ben MacIntyre recounts the story of the huge deception staged by the Allies before D-Day to hide the invasion target from the Germans. MacIntyre speaks to NPR's Scott Simon about the plan and the eccentric characters who carried it out.

Some scientists worry the possibility the coronavirus escaped from research facilities hasn't gotten enough scrutiny. Others say it appears far more likely to have emerged naturally.

A global trade dispute threatens green energy jobs in the politically crucial state of Georgia. The president's decision on how it's resolved could affect a key piece of his infrastructure agenda.