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Summer is sunsetting but dawn has arrived for several podcasts across public media. The NPR One team gathered a list of new releases to cozy up and listen to this fall.

It's a big week for movie biographies. Opening today: Fact-based films about a Supreme Court justice, two semi-famous authors, an infamous artist and a man who refused to let polio defeat him.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Gary Baum, senior writer at The Hollywood Reporter, about Hugh Hefner's business empire, Playboy, and what will happen to the brand after his death.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Angela Zhao played in her first piano competition when she was ten. She was nervous and worried in the waiting room but someone showed her kindness.

Most Star Spangled Banners you'll see on July 4 were made in the USA. Annin Flagmakers, the U.S.'s oldest and largest flag manufacturer, produces more than 3 million full-size American flags yearly.

Navajo weavings can bring thousands at auction, but the tribe's textile tradition is about far more than earning money. It's about preserving and transferring culture across generations.

Landau's partnership with James Cameron led to a best picture win for 1997's "Titanic." Together they account for some of the biggest blockbusters in movie history, including "Avatar" and its sequel.

The person behind the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's account on X (formerly Twitter) is stepping down. Sarah Southerland gives NPR's Ayesha Rascoe an exit interview, explaining how she brought joy to the public while educating them about safety in the wilderness.

The Caesar salad was invented at a hotel in Tijuana, Mexico, on July 4, 1924, to feed hungry American tourists. We've been enjoying it in various incarnations ever since.

Robert Towne's script for the 1974 film Chinatown became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native LA. His other credits include Shampoo and 1990's Days of Thunder.