Alice Cooper Revisits Hometown In New Album
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Alice Cooper about his new album, Detroit Stories.
Arts & Life
'Year of the Beast': How Tara Wray Used Photography To 'Process Fear And Uncertainty'
Wray explores the difficulties of 2020, balancing the pandemic, family and work through her photography in a new book. She hopes "people will see themselves ... or loved ones in these pictures."
'Once Upon A Quinceañera' Has Fairy Tale Charm
Monica Gomez-Hira's debut novel follows a Miami teen whose job as a party princess brings her into contact with the ex who ruined her chance to have her own quinceañera — and of course, sparks fly.
Not My Job: We Quiz 'Alone' Winner Jordan Jonas On Burning Man
Alone is a reality show in which people with advanced survival skills are dropped into the wilderness with limited supplies. Jonas lasted 77 days near the Arctic Circle.
'The Truffle Hunters' Tells The Story Of Men And Dogs Searching For Culinary Gold
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw about their new documentary. The Truffle Hunters is about the men and dogs who sniff out Italy's rare white Alba truffles.
Pandemic Inspires More Than 1,200 New German Words
Germans have a knack for stringing lots of words together to create new words. From Mundschutzmode to Coronamutationsgebiet, the pandemic has spawned a plethora of them.
OPEN WORLD POKEMON
For years, open-world video games, where players can explore all over the map, have been hugely popular. The Pokemon franchise is finally catching up, with the just-announced Pokemon Legends: Arceus.
Reclaiming Family And Memory In 'Sparks Like Stars'
Nadia Hashmi's new novel follows an Afghan woman who escaped the murder of her family during a coup; her comfortable life in New York City is turned upside down when a figure from the past reappears.
New Pokémon Game Goes Off The Beaten Path
For years, open-world video games, where players can explore the map rather than following a set path, have been hugely popular. The Pokémon franchise is finally catching up, but how will fans react?
Pokémon Goes In A New Direction With Open-World Video Game
For years, open-world video games, where players can explore all around the map rather than following a set path, have been hugely popular. The Pokémon franchise is finally catching up.