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NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Adéla, about the rising popstar's debut album, Prima.
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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Hernan Diaz and panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson , and Sam Rocha
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A thoughtful comedy starring Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick, a haunting adaptation of Mrs. Dalloway set in Lagos, and a (possible?) swan song from acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh stood out at TIFF.
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Last year, remnants of a typhoon damaged homes, infrastructure and an archaeological dig site. Now, archaeologists are trying to get as many objects out as possible before the next storm.
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Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.
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The center, a beacon of American arts and culture, is slated to be closed after a board vote. On Friday, a group called Hands Off the Arts is holding what they call a "joyful protest" outside.
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Rhiannon Giddens is out with a new album. For her latest project — called Hope is the Thing With Feathers — Giddens went with BIG emotions.
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Stone lifting is a piece of Irish history that was mostly lost to time. Until David Keohan, a world kettlebell-lifting champion, came along and brought it to light.
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She wrote books characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature, including "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," which won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1975.
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For 19 years, Vernon Nichols has reset all of the locker combinations for Winslow Junior High School before the start of a new school year.
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Shape-shifting aliens attack a South Korean border town in Hope, a big-budget thriller that blends third-rate CGI with exhilarating action scenes.
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Wilson, who died Sept. 1, spiced her singing with funk, hip-hop and blues. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and we listen back to Terry's 1988 interview with Wilson.