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A report from the World Health Organization says 1 in 6 people in the world experience infertility.

Female laborers are starting to speak up about the hidden price some pay to keep their jobs in the fields: enduring sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape. It can be emotionally difficult for any rape victim to press criminal charges, but female farm workers have to overcome additional cultural hurdles. (This story originally aired on Nov. 6, 2013 on All Things Considered.)

We talk about all the Supreme Court cases to watch and discuss the integrity of the Court.

Ellison Nguyen, 6, wrote the book, and Hien Bui-Stafford, 13, illustrated it. They got a little help from Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Nguyen (Ellison's dad) and cartoonist Thi Bui (Hien's mom).

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that Maine's tuition assistance program must cover religious schools.

Show highlights today on KRPS include the Piano Puzzler on Performance Today this morning at 11. Fred and Bruce welcome Allison Toltz calling from Montreal, Canada to play the Puzzler.Also, this afternoon at 3:30 on Today, Explained.Home insurance companies State Farm and AllState recently announced that they would halt offering home insurance policies to California residents due to climate change and the high cost of rebuilding. What that means for property owners in California and the rest of the country.

Show highlights today on KRPS include a discussion at 9 on 1A about how abortion has changed in the US one year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wage.And…This afternoon at 3:30 on Today, Explained, a look at the current state of the relationship between the US and India, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington D.C. for a state visit with President Biden.

Today on KRPS, tune in to On Point at 10am for a conversation about the changing face of boyhood, manhood, and fatherhood. Then, at 1pm, listen to Symphonycast for week one of the BBC Proms, the world's largest classical music concert and summer tradition.

Show highlights today on KRPS include the third week of the BBC Proms on Symphonycast this afternoon at 1. Today we hear Conductor Josep Pons and the BBC Symphony Orchestra present a Prom painted with colors of Spain and France.And…Join us tonight at 7 for the Retro Cocktail Hour. A finger-snapping, hip-shaking blend of space age bachelor pad music, tiki tunes, private eye jazz and other incredibly strange music.

Show highlights today on KRPS include On Point this morning at 10. The country's economic indicators are pointing in the right direction so why is there so much pessimism about the economy among US residents?And...Tonight at 7 on Fresh Air, Terry Gross speaks with novelist, essayist, and short-story writer Zadie Smith. Her new book, The Fraud is released today. It’s described as a work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England.