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Vanessa Zoltan describes herself as a Jewish atheist whose outlook on the world and her spiritual life is defined by the Holocaust.

President Biden’s debate performance casts doubt on reelection chances. French voters push far-right party to strong lead in election's first round. Gymnast Simone Biles will head to another Olympics.

Flood managers suspect August's big rainstorms and floods in Louisiana are becoming more common there and elsewhere because of climate change. One clue: Much of the damage was beyond the flood plain.

Niki Capaci, 40, died in May 2023 after three days in the custody of a New York jail. Her family is suing the jail, claiming its medical provider, Wellpath, failed to treat her for opioid withdrawal.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Wright, who will serve as the next poet laureate, tells NPR's Melissa Block that his inspirations — landscape, language and God — have stayed constant for 50 years.

Ketch Secor of the band, Old Crow Medicine Show, says his group's latest album, Union Made, is a love letter to the United States. It's full of stories from the country's past and present.

Meyers, who died March 7, helped shape Tex-Mex music with the '60s band Sir Douglas Quintet and then with the Texas Tornados. His signature sound was on the vox organ. Originally broadcast in 1990.

As a kid, Robert Logan lived right down the street from a fire station. He would watch the fire engine pass by his house, and dream of riding that truck one day. Now, he is a decorated firefighter and he talks with a friend and colleague about what it took to make his childhood dream come true, as a Black firefighter.

Miley Cyrus says she's never quite figured herself out — and that's influenced how she makes music.

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the NCAA Final Four and the formerly unbreakable NHL record that's now tied about to be broken.

America's Test Kitchen experts Jack Bishop and Bridget Lancaster join Fresh Air to explain what makes a great marinade — and why you might want to add an anchovy or two to your next beef stew.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the new era of college sports and the latest running of a very old auto race.

In her book Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank, Randi Hutter Epstein describes doctors who made great medical advances, but who had surprising flaws. Dr. J. Marion Sims, who is credited with curing vaginal fistulas, practiced on slave women, "stitching them up over and over and over again."

Who hasn't dreamed about taking off on a motorcycle, with nothing but the open road ahead? Commentator Jonathan Bastian did just that, and recommends three reads that helped him along the way.

Author Stewart O'Nan says that in the late '30s, Fitzgerald was at the bottom of a bad spiral. But in Hollywood, "he finds himself again: He finds his love of writing, he finds his love of the world."

The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators have handed out 2 million units, including a new mini-model for younger kids.

John Cleary, who was one of 9 people wounded during protests at Kent State in May of 1970, has died at the age of 74.

An Iranian doctor who crossed into Turkey last week describes a harrowing journey to the border. She's been treating civilians wounded in the U.S. and Israeli bombardment of Tehran. Many of their injuries resulted from their homes being hit.

The former Smiths guitarist says he's always jumped at whatever situation will draw the best music out of him.

The prosecution and defense gave closing statements in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mom accused of killing her three small children.

A new documentary profiles journalist Barbara Walters, who fought sexist bullies throughout her career and still landed the biggest interviews. NPR's Michel Martin talks with director Jackie Jesko.

Former press secretary Dana Perino's new book, And the Good News Is ..., details her time at the White House, including heated moments in the press briefing room.

The U.S. hadn't won an Olympic team medal in men's gymnastics since 2008. With a nearly flawless and gutsy performance Monday night, the boys are back on the podium in Paris.

Evening Masterworks: Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in a Op. 56 “Scottish”

Evening Masterworks: Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in a Op. 56 “Scottish”