17:I[66739,["/_next/static/chunks/0.3dg.jzl0xwf.js?dpl=dpl_F1YwpydxFehTJxgSzTNBrUVRTQpv","/_next/static/chunks/0s3w63gp9~d8s.js?dpl=dpl_F1YwpydxFehTJxgSzTNBrUVRTQpv","/_next/static/chunks/0kllbnt_hzshd.js?dpl=dpl_F1YwpydxFehTJxgSzTNBrUVRTQpv","/_next/static/chunks/053zyoym-_i67.js?dpl=dpl_F1YwpydxFehTJxgSzTNBrUVRTQpv","/_next/static/chunks/0u2ayibg4ahb..js?dpl=dpl_F1YwpydxFehTJxgSzTNBrUVRTQpv","/_next/static/chunks/0i99rkyrer3ax.js?dpl=dpl_F1YwpydxFehTJxgSzTNBrUVRTQpv"],"default"] 19:I[38632,["/_next/static/chunks/0qqtp3r0h7kah.js?dpl=dpl_F1YwpydxFehTJxgSzTNBrUVRTQpv","/_next/static/chunks/0iukvycbd42rl.js?dpl=dpl_F1YwpydxFehTJxgSzTNBrUVRTQpv"],"IconMark"] 18:T48a,Summer is supposed to be for vacation and more relaxation, right? Well, for climate watchers, this season goes by a more sinister name. Brittany and NPR climate correspondents Lauren Sommer and Nate Rott get into what changes in summer weather mean for how and where we live.

Then, it's prom season and high schoolers are showing out! But styles have changed since the days of poofy dresses and bedazzled purses: prom fashion has reportedly become more adult. For many young people, prom reflects their ideas of glamour, so does this shift say something new about the fantasies of girlhood? Brittany sits down with writer Hilary George-Parkin who wrote about the blurring of age in fashion.

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Is it time to re-name "summer?" Plus, prom fashion is all grown up

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Is it time to re-name "summer?" Plus, prom fashion is all grown up