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One topic dominated online conversation this week: the American Eagle jeans ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. We break down why people are so worked up about it.
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Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched conjunto sound all over the world and across genres.
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A new BritBox series centers on a deaf woman who works in a police station, and whose lip-reading abilities come in handy when the precinct needs help interpreting surveillance footage.
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Biographer Peter Guralnick paints a surprising portrait of Presley's long-time manager, Col. Tom Parker: "He had nothing whatsoever to do with the music other than to defend Elvis' choices."
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Father James Martin has become one of the most well-known Catholic priests in the U.S. But his journey to the priesthood took him by surprise after a chance encounter with a documentary.
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Liam Neeson plays the detective Frank Drebin, Jr. in a Naked Gun reboot that piles on the jokes. Meanwhile, a stunning documentary explores the history of stone and cement in architecture.
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In a new book, writer Suleika Jaouad explains why journaling is a form of alchemy — and offers tips on how to reignite your practice if you're feeling stuck, bored or uninspired by your own writing.
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The Academy of American Poets announces its list of 23 new poet laureate fellows, awarding them a total of $1.1 million dollars across the United States.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Bhaskar Pant, an expert in intercultural communication and Executive Director of MIT Professional Education, about how different cultures perceive time.
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Fans and relatives of the late Ozzy Osbourne converged to pay their final respects to metal star in his home city.
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On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Comedian Aparna Nancherla talks about how her rage is manifesting in middle age.
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Extreme weather makes being out in nature more risky as the flood deaths at Camp Mystic in Texas showed.