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A major comeback Tuesday night for Republican pastor Mark Harris, who’s been elected to represent North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District will send him to Congress five years after his previous election was overturned due to fraud.

Women have faced pressure to keep up with evolving beauty ideals for millenia. But today, journalist Elise Hu says cosmetic surgery and AI are reshaping our perception of beauty more than ever.

Backed by a band and choir, Pastor John P. Kee transforms the Tiny Desk into an old, wood-floored country church.

The British folk-rock band shares world-weary anthems to growing older, weathering the innumerable blows of life and coming out on the other side, hopefully a little wiser.

The tight and powerful group breathes fire into a Grateful Dead classic and smolders on a Hank Williams song.

The mischievous visionary offers a career-spanning set with nods to dogs, the stars and her late husband, Lou Reed.

The fresh arrangements, the emcee's commanding performance and the audience's enthusiastic response shows that Eve's music remains timeless.

Fred Hammond, a leading architect of modern gospel music, gives us a catalog-spanning set and declares: "Tiny knows how to party in the Holy Ghost!"

Shaboozey represents a reclamation of country music's roots as unapologetically Black. Alongside several special guests, he plays fan favorites and debuts new songs at the Desk.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WUNC listener Josh McIntyre of Raleigh, N.C., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Montana Public Radio listener Brock Hammill of Corvallis, Mont., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WUNC listener Andrew Patton and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz

Death Cab for Cutie has a gift for making the ordinary feel breathtaking. The band splits this mostly acoustic set between new songs and fan favorites.

A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that.

Here is a look inside the lives of Iranians from different walks of life — including a fitness trainer, butcher and carpet seller — and how they're coping with an economy battered by U.S. sanctions.

This week, Big Thief will release its second album of 2019. But Two Hands is a deeper accomplishment than the statistic: It's a record that finally captures the band's audible unconditional closeness.

Director Kholoud Sawaf wanted to challenge American views of Syria with a play inspired by Romeo and Juliet. Instead, she endured a three-year ordeal involving war, displacement and the travel ban.

Three questions for the football and baseball play-by-play man about some adorable distractions. Originally broadcast Nov. 12, 2016.

Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh begins confirmation hearings. Former 49ers quarterback Kaepernick is one of the faces of Nike's "Just Do It" anniversary campaign. Fire guts Brazil's National Museum.

President Trump meets Britain's prime minster. A House panel examines if tech companies are using anti-competitive practices. How does the Democratic caucus break down on the issue of impeachment?