Have you thought about your New Year's resolutions? You might want to hold off
Some psychologists say forget about making sweeping New Year's resolutions, and make small lifestyle changes instead.
Arts
Mark Ruffalo shed the Hulk suit and had 'a blast' making 'Poor Things'
Set in Victorian times, Poor Things was a departure from Ruffalo's prior work in movies like Zodiac and Spotlight, and his Marvel role as the Incredible Hulk. Originally broadcast Feb. 13, 2024.
Why do we drop a ball on New Year's Eve? The Times Square tradition, explained
Watching a huge ball descend down a pole in Times Square has been a beloved New Year's Eve tradition for over a century. Here's how the spectacle started and what's changed over the years.
The top 10 movies of the year, according to NPR film critic Bob Mondello
The year's box office numbers were down, due to the residual effects of actors' and writers' strikes, but quality wasn't dimmed. Bob Mondello's list of the 10 best movies of the year overflows.
Two patients dealing with their own suffering, changed a med student's perspective
On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Mark Metersky was a medical student at a New York City hospital. He was frustrated with one of his patients when he saw something that surprised him.
This married couple are the narrators behind some of your favorite audiobooks
Michael Kramer and Kate Reading have become popular audiobook narrators, spending 62 hours at the microphone for one recent book.
In a hard holiday season, Ukraine's comfort movie is 'Home Alone'
Ukrainians' tradition of watching the movie Home Alone every winter takes on new meaning.
5 people have been charged in the death of Liam Payne
An Argentine judge ordered pretrial detention for two of the charged for suppling Payne with drugs. Prosecutors had filed initial charges against three people in November but didn't reveal their names.
Former President Jimmy Carter: The 'Fresh Air' interviews (Part 1)
The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1993, '95, '96 and '98 about growing up on a Georgia farm, entering politics and his advocacy for human rights and peace. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.
Jimmy Carter was 'a very unusual kind of politician,' biographer says
In the wake of Jimmy Carter's death, biographer Kai Bird, author of 'The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter' discusses the late president's successes and failures.