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Arts

You think you know true crime podcasts? Wait till you hear Tonya's story.

3:00am May 28, 2024

When a daughter or sister disappears how does a family move on without closure? Host Brittany Luse is joined by Fresh Air co-host Tonya Mosley and and her nephew Antonio Wiley. The two produced She Has A Name, a documentary podcast that unravels the disappearance and death of Tonya's half-sister, Anita Wiley. Brittany, Tonya, and Antonio get into how Anita went missing, and how their show breaks the stereotypes of true crime podcasting.

Want to be featured on the show? Record your response to Brittany's question at the end of 'Hey Brittany' via voice memo and send it to ibam@npr.org.

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Farida Azizova-Such inside the nursery rocking her son to sleep. "He was 5 weeks when we started coming. It's just my husband and I taking care of him, so I was alone at home. I wanted to find new moms to connect with and a safe space to be able to come and learn about how to take care of a baby, and also my identity shifted when you become a mother."

Health & Safety

A look at what could be the future for postpartum care in America

6:30am May 19, 2024

by Ali Lapetina

Postpartum care in America leaves most facing a critical and often overlooked "fourth trimester" in isolation. Metro Detroit-based Fourth Tri Sanctuary offers support.

Education

In a debate over a school name, it's not just parents who are attached to the past

6:27am May 18, 2024

by Leah Donnella

At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.

Arts

Issa Rae still thinks about the Paris trip she didn't take

4:25pm May 14, 2024

by Rachel Martin

Writer and actor Issa Rae draws from the Wild Card deck and tells us about the guiding belief that helps her make sense of the world.

A survey shows that doctors have trouble taking full vacations from their high-stress jobs. Even when they do, they often still do work on their time off.

When PTO stands for 'pretend time off': Doctors struggle to take real breaks

7:01am May 04, 2024

by Mara Gordon

What's a typical vacation activity for doctors? Work. A new study finds that most physicians do work on a typical day off. In this essay, a family doctor considers why that is and why it matters.

In an episode of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee called "Larry Eats A Pancake," Jerry Seinfeld has coffee with Larry David.

Jerry Seinfeld and the fraught history of comedians and 'political correctness'

6:21am May 04, 2024

by Leah Donnella

Jerry Seinfeld has the become the latest in a string of public figures to blame "political correctness" for the death of comedy (among other societal ills). But what does the term actually refer to?

Instructions for a fingernail filing gadget for infants says, "Stay away from children." It's enough to make a new parent holler.

Health & Safety

Oh dear! Baby gear! Why are the manuals so unclear?

9:01am May 01, 2024

by Darius Tahir

Sure, new parents are an anxious lot. But instruction manuals for devices meant to keep the baby safe and healthy are daunting and add to the anxiety. Why are they so confusing?

National

Photos of a 3-year friendship that ended with an unsolved murder in New Mexico

8:34am April 30, 2024

by Andrés Mario de Varona

Photographer Andrés Mario de Varona recounts his relationship with Aaron Garcia, which began outside a gas station near his home in Santa Fe, through a series of photos captured between 2020 and 2023.

Sleep training: Life preserver for parents or "symptom of capitalism"?

6:30am April 23, 2024

by Greg Rosalsky

The raging debate over how to juggle kids and work.

A new study finds that front yards with friendly features, such as pink flamingos or porch furniture, are correlated with happier, more connected neighbors and a greater "sense of place."

Garden gnomes and porch swings: Lively front yards linked to more connected residents

7:00am April 20, 2024

A new study finds a neighborhood's front yards may be the window to its soul: Welcoming or whimsical features such as benches and flamingos are linked to happier, more connected neighbors.