Bennett, who died in 2023, was known for a string of hits, including "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation and remembers some of Bennett's lesser-known songs.

Best-known for his band The Frames and his part in the 2007 film Once, Hansard got his start as a street busker in Dublin. He died July 29 in a motorcycle crash. Originally broadcast in 2008.

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The R&B group's breakout stars released new solo albums on the same day — one leaning out of the spotlight while the other confronts viral fame.

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Hannah Lucinda Smith about her new book Hinterlands: The New Cold War Brewing at the Peripheries of the West.

The author and translator of Taiwan Travelogue, the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize, discuss identity and history amid the debate over Taiwan's colonial ties to Japan and escalating geopolitical pressure from China.

Twenty-nine-year-old British artist James Cook is gaining international accolades for his art, which includes portraits of public figures (artists, writers and more) as well as cityscapes and landmarks.

The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.

Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.