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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with comedian Kyle Gordon, aka DJ Crazy Times, about his new hit song "The Planet of the Bass" — a 1990s Eurodance parody that has taken the internet by storm.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Sir Patrick Stewart about his recent memoir and why he sees his time playing Captain Picard as a kind of spiritual calling.

This week, country star Ella Langley and rapper Don Toliver hit career milestones on the pop charts.

A new book suggests that tall tales on craft bourbon labels are the rule rather than the exception. They're just one example of a slew of "carefully cultivated myths" created by the bourbon industry.

Kat Valentino and her son ended up living in a van several years ago. Along the way they met Vincent Mosemann. Since 2017, they have all lived in an apartment in Oregon.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: Nora Durkin called 311 to report abuse she said she had experienced as a child. She wasn't expecting to be taken seriously.

The man who helped bring an NBA team to Orlando now wants to bring a Major League Baseball team to the theme park mecca.Pat Williams, a former executive…

Looking at the list of the ten most shorted stocks out there can tell a lot about the economy and human nature. David Kestenbaum from our Planet Money podcast takes us through the list.

Reaching Iran's most fortified nuclear enrichment site is a challenge, even for the world's biggest conventional weapons.

President-elect Trump has called for sweeping tariffs on all imports. Some domestic businesses would welcome that, but others warn it will mean higher prices for their U.S. customers.

President-elect Trump has called for sweeping tariffs on all imports. Some domestic businesses would welcome that, but others warn it will mean higher prices for their U.S. customers.

A controversial women's final at Wimbledon, plus the WNBA All-Stars Game in Chicago.

Jeffrey Epstein was a wealthy financier, who was charged with paying dozens of girls over many years for sex. He died in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Researchers at the University of Maine have unveiled the first 3D-printed house made of natural materials and it's fully recyclable.

One film shows Jackie Kennedy as a new widow; the other follows poet Pablo Neruda into exile. But don't call them biopics; Larraín says, "You can't [capture] someone's life in ... 120 minutes."

As the nation prepares to mark 20 years since 9/11, StoryCorps and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum present voices of people whose lives were forever changed by that day.

The confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson are set for March 21. Activists who pushed for a Black woman are excited and ready for a fight.

The rapper discusses speaking out on racism, the changing value of radio play in hip-hop and his latest album's tribute to Bresha Meadows.

Kevin West, author and blogger, takes NPR's Lynn Neary to a farmers market to choose the summer's best produce for canning. "You take this experience ... and you put it in the jar. And six months from now we will re-experience that moment," West says.

In 2011, a museum depicting the history of organized crime in America will open in downtown Las Vegas. It will be known as the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, or more simply "The Mob Museum." Host Liane Hansen speaks with the city's mayor, Oscar B. Goodman, and the museum project manager, Sam Tolman, about the museum.

After decades of philanthropy following the success of Microsoft, Bill Gates is winding down his namesake charity. What's he going to do next?

In Arizona, some people who couldn't vote had a personal stake in getting others to the polls. Young undocumented immigrants walked neighborhoods in the Phoenix area, looking for citizens who support one piece of legislation which could change their lives.

Humans are sweaty beasts, but it turns out many other animals have different ways to keep cool. Staff of the Maryland Zoo help explain how their residents regulate their temperatures.

Some economists urged the Fed to slash interest rates — possibly even before its next meeting. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi about fears for an economic downturn.

The FAFSA form is now open to students hoping to get help paying for college in the 2025-26 academic year. Students can expect a much smoother process compared to the last cycle.