A stranger gave this woman the mom hug she needed while dealing with cancer
In this week's My Unsung Hero, Katie Ortman Doble recounts how a stranger supported her after a rare cancer diagnosis.
Arts
Northern Soul is thriving across the UK thanks to Gen Z looking to dance
"Northern Soul is inherently up-tempo, Black American music that never really made it in America," says Lewis Henderson, one-half of the Deptford Northern Soul Club in the UK.
Mitt Romney biographer offers a startling account of dysfunction in the Senate
Atlantic writer McKay Coppins spent countless hours with the Utah senator and shares Romney's take on what Republican leaders privately think about Donald Trump. Coppins' book is Romney: A Reckoning.
In 'I Must Be Dreaming,' Roz Chast succeeds in engaging us with her dreams
Talk about a dream, kill a conversation. But not in the case of graphic novelist Roz Chast. Even her subconscious emanations present deliciously skewed takes on life's absurdities and fraught moments.
The task? Finish Stephen Sondheim's last musical. No pressure.
When the composer/lyricist died in 2021 at age 91, he left behind a partly finished show called Here We Are. But his collaborators say Sondheim loved a puzzle — and he left them all the pieces.
De Colombia p'al mundo: How Feid became Medellín's reggaeton 'ambassador'
Colombian artist Feid recently became the first artist to sell out Puerto Rico's 'El Choliseo' arena in an hour or less. It's just one example of how he has reached a new level of global stardom.
University of Exeter launches a new master's degree in the study of magic
The University of Exeter will offer a master's degree in magic and occult science. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Exeter Prof. Sajjad Rizvi about the new program.
A new graphic novel version of 'Watership Down' aims to temper darkness with hope
A half-century after the book's publication, the author's daughters sought a team to render the children's classic in pictures but stay close to the text. Enter James Sturm and Joe Sutphin.
Entertainment industry A-listers sign a letter to Biden urging a cease-fire in Gaza
Jon Stewart, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett and Michael Stipe are among the more than 60 music and film industry stars to put their names to the letter.
'Wait Wait' for October 21, 2023: Live from Connecticut with James Patterson!
This week, we're in Connecticut with James Patterson, the best-selling author of all time! His books are staples of airports, but what does he know about OTHER things you can buy at airports?