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"If we want to make media better then we've got to start consuming better media," says open-source-Internet activist Clay Johnson. His new book, The Information Diet, makes the case for more "conscious consumption" of news and information.

Life as we know it is being threatened by everything from climate change to resource depletion. Commentator Adam Frank looks back at 1177 B.C. — and what we might learn from peoples past.

After 35 years as a Supreme Court justice, John Paul Stevens retired last year. His newly released memoir is about his time on the bench and the five Supreme Court chief justices he personally knew. He details his views of those justices and how his viewpoints on various issues evolved over the years.

Biographer Walter Isaacson draws on more than 40 interviews with the late Apple co-founder in his new book, Steve Jobs. Isaacson describes how Jobs grappled with being adopted, how he became a notoriously demanding boss, and how he fought the cancer that eventually killed him.

NPR's Michel Martin discusses 100-year-old wartime recipes with Lora Vogt of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

It's the first country to receive free vaccines from the COVAX program. But that shipment of 600,000 can't protect a nation of 30 million. And conspiracy theories about the vaccine are swirling.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia about the upcoming House vote on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief measure. She voted for the House bill last month.

A memoir of living in close quarters with Susan Sontag; a novel set in the world of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho; and a young-adult novel that covers the very adult themes of labor camps in 1941 Lithuania.

Running, that most punishing and solitary of sports — seems to have one of the most devoted followings. Author Liz Colville recommends three new books that are joining the canon of long-distance running tomes, each with a unique perspective on what all those miles can do to for an athlete.

For those readers looking to exercise their brains while lounging by the pool, this summer has some great reading options. These five engaging books are witty, smart and, best of all, a lot of fun.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer Chris Brandon about his new Acorn TV series, Bloodlands, which focuses on a cold case that takes Belfast detectives back to a violent period in Northern Ireland.

The history of the New World is intertwined with the history of rum. That's the view Wayne Curtis takes in his book And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. Curtis elaborates in a conversation with Debbie Elliott.

Critics say in many states the legal marijuana boom hasn't benefited people of color. Lawmakers in New York say their approach avoids those mistakes.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the CDC's principal deputy director Dr. Anne Schuchat following a decision by federal health officials to halt the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Kim Tran about the history of solidarity between Asian and Black Americans and how their movements interact.

Finding a job or changing your career in the midst of a pandemic is hard. We collected questions from four listeners about their journeys to find jobs, and posed them to career coach Akhila Satish.

Amazon's new anthology series, executive produced by Lena Waithe, unrelentingly explores "terror in America."

The linchpin to retrieving $2.3 million, half the company's payment, was gaining access to the private key linked to the attacker's Bitcoin account. Here's how authorities may have gotten it.

For a long time, the Catholic Church rejected scientific findings that conflicted with its doctrine, even persecuting Galileo. Now the Vatican looks to promote its observatory as a bridge to science.

Live conversations on Clubhouse and Twitter took off during the pandemic, connecting people online when they couldn't in real life. Now social media companies are scrambling to launch audio features.