1A is a show for a changing America.
Every day, host Joshua Johnson convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time. The show takes a deep and unflinching look at America, bringing context and insight to stories unfolding across the country and the world.
With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports and humor. 1A’s goal is to act as a national mirror — taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
The conversation isn’t just on air. 1A invites you to join in. We’ll regularly post questions and requests for feedback on this page. And you can talk to us on Twitter, Facebook, or by texting 1A to 63735.
1A is produced by WAMU 88.5, and distributed by NPR.
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We talk about the new life expectancy data and discuss what it means, post-pandemic. -
Global biodiversity has decreased dramatically over the years. What are we doing to fix it?
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Soon, the dream the company was selling began to unravel.
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In California, condors can now be seen soaring over the Grand Canyon. Gray wolves are back at Yellowstone.
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Many other coworking spaces have cropped up all around the country.
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They have an outsized impact on their ecosystems. It took humans driving some of these to near extinction to realize just how important they are.
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President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers have raised the alarm, seeking funds to avoid disaster.
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Israel and Hamas prepare for fourth hostage and prisoner release; diplomatic efforts to extend truce continue.
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This week, we’re talking about endangered species for a series marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark legislation. We're calling it “SOS: Save Our Species.”
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"Some of engineering’s mightiest achievements are small in scale, even hidden—and yet, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs would not exist."
