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Looking back at the life of President Carter, we tend to focus on his humanitarian work after his presidency. A documentary released in 2024 depicted his time in office as an era of problem-solving.

Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the entire soundtrack of the 20th century. His new book about Armstrong's early life is Stomp Off, Let's Go.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel about her new memoir "Freedom."

Chef Jose Andres talks about his work around the world as founder of World Central Kitchen, and how he spends Thanksgiving.

NPR's A Martínez asks National Geographic writer Maddie Stone about some of the real science behind the fictional world of "Dune."

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.

Comedian D.J. Demers is hard-of-hearing. He stars in a CBC sitcom he created and recently dropped his fourth comedy special.(Story aired on All Things Considered on Nov. 25, 2024.)

An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly around efforts to repatriate artifacts looted from other countries.

Indie bookstores miss out on millions of e-book sales to big companies like Amazon. Bookshop.org's new platform could help them turn a new page.

In a workshop in an infamous refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian women practice an ancient art form — as a livelihood, and also as therapy. The designs come from a homeland most have never seen.