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Airs Thursday. May 12, at 7:45 a.m. Dr. Cheryl White takes us back in time to the great sewer alligator legends and how they began.

Also: Paul Ryan and Donald Trump meet in Washington; automaker Nissan will buy a third of troubled rival Mitsubishi; and Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer strikes out 20 Detroit batters.

The pioneering electronic band performs an emotional song from its new album for KCRW.

College teachers are often stressed and demoralized, says anthropologist Barbara J. King, and a new book on the corporate university provides startling answers as to why.

Users of an app developed by the University of Michigan to help with jet lag entered information on their time zone and sleep patterns that helped academics with their work. But is the approach valid?

Scientists have found the first eukaryotic organism that functions fine without mitochondria, the "powerhouses" that make energy for the cells of yeast, humans and other animals.

The Summer Olympics in Rio were supposed to be a showcase for modern, prosperous Brazil. Instead, the country is suffering a national meltdown that will now include the president's impeachment trial.

In business, and other organizations, we hear about "mission drift." That's a condition where the organization loses track of what it set out to...

An encore presentation of an all-encompassing conversation with award-winning author Junot Diaz. Diaz also picks an exciting assortment of bachata and urban merengue to play on the show.

The actor, who plays a political consultant on Veep, tells Fresh Air he landed his first major TV role only after a number of other actors turned it down. "It was very, very fluke-ish," Cole says.