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Natalia VacheishviliAfter releasing two albums in 2025, rap's great modern philosopher and griot is having one of his best-ever runs. He may not have all the answers, but his questions are everything we need right now. -
FrankRamspott/Getty ImagesWe're bringing back our listener poll to help stick a fork in 2025 and make sense of all the amazing music that came out. So... tell us your top five albums (or EPs) this year.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., about his new book, "The First Eight," which tells the untold story of the first Black politicians elected to Congress from South Carolina.
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On Monday, NPR launched its end-of-the-year books guide. But Books We Love isn't a "top 10" list. Instead, it's more that 380 books that were personally recommended by members of the NPR staff.
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The musician and actor helped propel reggae into the international spotlight, thanks in part to his songs and starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come. -
The very first K-pop band to play behind the Tiny Desk gives us a decade-long, catalog-spanning medley. -
These love songs — Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance.
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Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great reads. -
NPR's Books We Love returns with about 380 titles handpicked by NPR staff and critics. Reporter Andrew Limbong shares this year's nonfiction favorites with Michel Martin.
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NPR's Andrew Limbong talks about some of NPR staffers' favorite plot-driven books of 2025.
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Big Ma dashes off commands, pots clang, aunts and uncles shoot the breeze, little ones beg to lick the bowl, ham and candied yam. Family Feast! is about food, family and love. -
Bionic and the Wires is a band that makes music by turning the electrical activity of fungi into playable sounds.
