1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (312+ words) July 27, 2026 • Tim Phillips interviews clarinetist and singer Kristin Mather de Andrade about her Brazilian orchestral album Sem Fim (which means "endless"). July 20, 2026 • Tim Phillips interviews clarinetist Maria du Toit about her new album "Clarinet Colors," featuring concertos by South African…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (420+ words) The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is having a landmark year. Viewership and attendance are up, team valuations are soaring and the league just signed a massive $3.1 billion media rights deal. Journalist Sabreena Merchant, who covers the WNBA for The…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1084+ words) The scene depicting King Harold's death on the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum in London. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 230 feet long that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (146+ words) Nicolas Cage in National Treasure. Columbia Pictures / Maximum Film / Alamy hide caption When you hear the words "pumpkin spice latte," maybe you think of fall. But maybe you just think about the pleasures of something unapologetically basic. The same can…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (190+ words) 'Exit Party' review: The U.S. has 'come undone' in Emily St. John Mandel's latest NPR Emily St. John Mandel is a novelist celebrated for, among other things, her prescience. Station Eleven, her best-known novel, was published in 2014. When the pandemic hit…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (161+ words) Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, is stepping down from his post at the end of the year.The Smithsonian, which includes museums, libraries and a zoo, has been a frequent target of criticism by President Trump.How…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (311+ words) Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, who resigned as head of the Smithsonian Institution Tuesday, makes remarks at an opening ceremony introducing the public to the new giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, at the National Zoo on Jan 24, 2025. Tyrone Turner…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (244+ words) Calling someone a "Luddite" is usually an insult – shorthand for someone who is behind the times. But the real Luddites weren't just afraid of change; they were a labor movement fighting to save their jobs from being replaced by machines....

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (74+ words) On the centennial of father's birth, Ravi Coltrane talks about turning the home where the jazz legend spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural heritage and community space. Jazz legend John Coltrane's Philadelphia house to become a cultural…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (193+ words) “Being a human is so complicated for so many reasons,” Sara Bareilles tells Rachel. That’s why she’s trying to show more grace for both herself and others these days. In Sara’s new album and documentary, both titled “Good Grief,” she’s…...