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Anna Lyndsey — a pseudonym — was an ordinary civil servant when she developed a rare disorder: A severe sensitivity to light. She deftly chronicles her shadowy new normal in Girl in the Dark.

East Africa correspondent Gwen Thompkins has spent the last year covering the news of the Continent, traveling from her base in Nairobi, Kenya to Somalia, Sudan and South Africa. Thompkins talks about her reporting and an upcoming visit by President Bush to the Continent.

Plans for solving the nation's economic woes are being touted by the three presidential candidates. But their plans might fall short of addressing the key problems. Republican strategist Michael Steele and Democratic strategist Celinda Lake discuss the candidates' positions on the economy and weigh in on the latest poll numbers.

Forty years ago this past week, a message was sent across ARPANET, the computer network developed by the Defense Department's Advanced Projects Agency. Many people consider that the day the Internet was born. For our series "The Net at 40," Guy Raz profiles the people who worked to make that transmission happen, as well as the two university lab students who sent the first message. Their goal? Type the simple word "login."

The new horror movie, Orphan, had a strong showing at the box office this weekend. But the film, a tale about an orphaned girl and the terror she inflicts on her new adoptive family, struck a nerve with some parents and critics who believe the movie sends harmful messages about adoptees. Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday, an adoptee, and Dr. Jane Aronson, founder of the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, discuss the fallout.

For this summer reading list, our listeners suggested a lot of great history, compelling fiction, a few memoirs — and Jane Austen, reimagined with brown people!

U2 could sell out stadiums across the globe, but it would have been business as usual. At its Las Vegas residency, the band harnesses its superpower: relentless earnestness.

During the pandemic, the government implemented social programs that helped millions. But many of those programs are now ending.

Ukraine's counteroffensive has resulted in little battlefield gains. Sen. Tuberville drops hold on military promotions. Four of the remaining GOP presidential candidates debate Wednesday night.

Deadline for a government shutdown looms. Health care workers at Kaiser Permanente near a nationwide walkout. The parents of the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX face their own legal troubles.