NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with chef Roy Choi about his new cookbook, The Choi of Cooking: Flavor-Packed, Rule-Breaking Recipes for a Delicious Life.

It’s the start of a holiday weekend. What you want to do most is kick back, relax, see some friends, and enjoy summer. But you don’t want to cook and invite people over because it all totally stresses you out. Sound familiar?

Everyone has their traditions for July 4. For the town of George, Washington, it’s baking a giant cherry pie.

The Mud Theatre Project started out as a group of incarcerated men who wanted to write and perform plays.

A group of swimmers is campaigning for the Avon to get bathing status by the British government, which would mean the water would be regularly tested for pollutants.

If you have a job you’d wanna leave or are out of work looking for a job, it's hard trying to find that new gig.

The Declaration of Independence turns 249 years old on Friday. While it famously said “that all men are created equal,” it didn’t expressly define who is a citizen.

Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the soundtrack of the 20th century. His book is Stomp Off, Let's Go. Originally broadcast Jan. 30, 2025.

His representatives confirmed that his death followed a cardiac arrest this morning.

Grammarian and author Ellen Jovin has gained fame with her grammar table, answering hard questions about split infinitives and the Oxford comma.