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A rare neurological condition causes the Norwegian rocker to experience words and letters as inherently tied to colors and shades. She explains how it affects her creative life, and discusses her new album, Katla.

NPR's Scott Simon praises the humble bagel as an American cultural icon.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Spanish writer Edurne Portela and Tamara Muruetagoiena about the 10 year anniversary of peace in the Basque Country and coming to terms with a history of the conflict.

The NPR special series "Screening Ourselves" focuses on representation in three Hollywood films that are now considered classics: The Godfather, Basic Instinct, and The Color Purple.

We asked for your favorite prom night memories. Here's what you shared.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Daniel Benaim, a former State Department official who worked on Gulf issues, about the U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal.

Angine de Poitrine wears giant masks, speaks an alien language and plays wildly complicated math rock. Manager Sebastien Collin talks about the rise of the enigmatic musical group.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about the U.S. offering COVID-19 booster shots. The World Health Organization criticized the decision.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered the House Judiciary Committee to draw up articles of impeachment. NPR's Noel King speaks to Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee.

The Star Trek actor, writer, poet and photographer has died of lung disease at 83. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a look back at the long career of the man who was (and was not) Spock.

Washington, D.C. community activist and restaurateur Andy Shallal talks about organizing the alternative inaugural ball, to be held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

When the show cast The Doctor as a woman, it avoided exploring her gender. Now that Ncuti Gatwa is The Doctor, critic Eric Deggans writes, Doctor Who shouldn't avoid his Blackness.

The Onion is best-known for its straightforward news coverage, but it also has a thriving sports division that has a new book out.

The Los Angeles Times' Wally Skalij discusses how he made the often surreal images, and how covering wars in Iraq and Kosovo prepared him to cover mass shootings and other tragedies in the U.S.

Dr. Regan Schwartz has been treating COVID-19 patients since March. He says the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh its minor side effects.

President Biden said it seems like the bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security issues will fail. He vowed to make that failure an election issue.

College students -- and their parents -- could be forgiven for not knowing about a major called "Construction Management." But construction -- roughly 5 percent of the nation's economy -- is booming. And insiders say the industry is sorely in need of educated and trained managers.

China is the epicenter of the outbreak of the Coronavirus, which has now claimed more lives than the SARS outbreak of 2002 and 2003. The World Health Organization continues efforts to track the virus.

David Greene talks to Tim Reynolds, who writes about basketball for The Associated Press, about why NBA scores are repeatedly climbing into the triple digits.

Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured in the attack in Sydney's eastern suburbs before a police inspector shot the suspect after he turned and raised a knife, police said.

Washington, D.C., shows up often on the big screen, but rarely in films that aren't about its political power.

The state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission fired biologist Brittney Brown after she reposted a meme on her personal Instagram account that claimed Kirk wouldn’t care about children being shot in their classrooms

"I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion," the 27-year-old diver from Great Britain told his fans. Daley's gold was the first of his Olympic career.

She had been competing at the Tokyo Olympics. Timanovskaya is reuniting with her husband — who has also obtained a humanitarian visa.

The Iraq war is back in the news in a big way, after Jeb Bush stumbled on the question of "knowing what you know know, would you have invaded Iraq." We'll…