'Life of M' constructs a portrait of how stardom hides a person's core
Like much of Rachel Cusk's work, Life of M is driven by her concern with conditions that impede self-definition -- for…
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A look back at '9 To 5' — Dolly Parton's working women's anthem
A song that Dolly Parton wrote for a 1980 movie has become not only a pop hit — it continues to resonate broadly with…
Read at source →Dolly Parton brought music and books to the world
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jeff Conyers, president and vice chair of the Dollywood Foundation, about Dolly Parton's…
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Join siguimi.com →How Carlos the Jackal became the world's most wanted terrorist of the '70s and '80s
In The Jackal, national security writer Joby Warrick writes about the playboy terrorist who killed and kidnapped for…
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Squeeze in one last summer read: Here are 3 suspense thrillers to choose from
If you're looking for an end-of-summer escape you can't go wrong with The Intrigue, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Under the…
Read at source →Author Jill Lepore discusses new book, 'The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Harvard professor and writer at the New Yorker Jill Lepore about her new book, "The…
Read at source →'Diarra from Detroit' uses freewheeling comedy to take us to new places
Few shows announce their roots more clearly than Diarra from Detroit, the smart, deliriously ambitious comic mystery…
Read at source →Lisa Kudrow on her 'The Comeback' delusion, Conan and revisiting 'Friends'
Kudrow is nominated for an Emmy for her final season playing Valerie Cherish on HBO's The Comeback. We'll also talk…
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Documentary 'American Doctor' follows three doctors on medical missions in Gaza
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with filmmaker Poh Si Teng and doctors Mark Perlmutter and Thaer Ahmad about a documentary set…
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What if adults talked like kids?
Comedian Alyce Chan explores the hilarity of parenthood in her MOM-COM NYC on Instagram. Her video series about the…
Read at source →How movies have explored manhood... For better and worse
Movies have been exploring what it means to be a man almost as long as there have been movies. But where is the line…
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Sunday Puzzle: MBA's
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KUHF listener Ned Andrews…
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'Wait Wait' for August 22, 2026: The Wait Wait Summer Spectacular, Part 2!
This week, we extend our summer break with Ken Jennings, Olivia Munn, Father James Martin, and Bobby Lopez!
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'Lanterns' shines a bright but unsteady light
If Watchmen taught us that you can use superheroes to excavate the cracked foundations of the American experience,…
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In which 'Winnie-the-Pooh' turns 100
In 1926, author A.A. Milne and illustrator Ernest H. Shepard published Winnie-the-Pooh. Now, a new kids' book — How a…
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'Dreams in Nightmares' is a road-trip movie about living on your own terms
Three queer Black friends embark on a road trip in search of a fourth whom they haven't seen in some time. Dreams in…
Read at source →'The Dog Stars' novelist Peter Heller drew on real-life survival skills
Heller's 2012 novel about a man who survives a super flu that kills most of humanity is now being adapted to film.…
Read at source →Harvard's American Repertory Theatre puts on revival of Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros'
The American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University premiers a revival of Eugène Ionesco's landmark play,…
Read at source →Harvard's American Repertory Theater puts on revival of Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros'
The American Repertory Theater at Harvard University premiers a revival of Eugène Ionesco's landmark play,…
Read at source →As the Tupac murder trial continues, a look back at the cultural moment
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Joel Anderson, a host of the podcast Slow Burn, about the Tupac Shakur murder trial and…
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has a theory about Marvel's 'Wonder Man' cancellation
Two weeks after being nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Wonder Man, Abdul-Mateen found out that the series…
Read at source →A new competition at a state fair has people yelling like lumberjacks
There's a new contest at the Tennessee State Fare this year: Timber calling.
Read at source →Strangers helped a college student get to his friend in the hospital
While Jake Berry was in college, he learned one of his oldest friends was in the hospital more than an hour away. Berry…
Read at source →How to film a movie with a million bees — and only 5 bee stings
A new movie starring Matthew McConaughey as a beekeeper uses real bees from Alabama. We visit the apiary where they…
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'Shrinking' star Jason Segel isn't afraid to share the 'dirty underneath'
"If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Segel says. He plays a…
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In Portland, this soap box derby combines downhill speed with extreme pageantry
Soap box derbies send motorless cars down a steep incline. At one event, contestants make their cars look like cartoon…
Read at source →A summer camp celebrating Kazakh culture helps adopted kids connect with their culture
Families of children adopted from Kazakhstan meet every summer in New Hampshire's lake country to celebrate the food…
Read at source →Portland soap box derby race features a parade of creative gravity-powered cars
At Portland's annual soapbox derby, motorless cars race downhill pulled by nothing more than gravity. It's part race,…
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In 'Etna,' a canine narrator delivers a poignant anti-war message
Paul Yoon's new novel follows a dog conscripted into an unnamed war in an unnamed country. From the very first page,…
Read at source →'Fed Up' author explains how evolution impacts eating, dieting and fat
Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman talks about diets he's tested, and contradictory information about what's healthy…
Read at source →What makes a good summer camp movie?
NPR staffers discuss what makes a good summer camp movie, in this week's installment of our regular series, Cineplexity.
Read at source →Everything old is new again: Fro-yo is back for its 'third wave'
Frozen yogurt, or froyo, has had waves of popularity, starting in the 1980s. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to journalist…
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When a professor's research project faced funding cuts, he turned to OnlyFans
Wildlife researchers facing budget cuts turned to the internet with an account promising "uncensored marmot content" to…
Read at source →Mister Rogers is on YouTube — and defying conventions of the platform
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Ellen Doherty of Fred Rogers Productions about "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood's" new YouTube…
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The Clayton Sisterhood Project: A photographer captures her family's reverse migration from North to South
Laila AnnMarie Stevens documents her family's move from New York City to North Carolina — a kind of reversal of the…
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'Wait Wait' for August 1, 2026: Live in Sonoma Mary Roach!
This week, Wait Wait is live in Sonoma with host Peter Sagal, special guest Mary Roach and panelists Joyelle Nicole…
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