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NPR's annual list of the year's best albums is full of work by musicians who hit career peaks, discovered their voices or willed something new into reality.

NPR's annual list of the year's best albums is full of work by musicians who hit career peaks, discovered their voices or willed something new into reality.

In 1970, Stephen Sondheim's comic musical Company broke most of the conventions of American musical theater. Now, a newly restored documentary goes inside the making of the original cast album.

During the height of pandemic closures, three artistic directors spoke about their hopes for what theater would look like when it reopened. More than a year later, we check in to see what's changed.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with tech reporter Casey Newton about Twitter's new anti-harassment policies and what Newton sees as European ideals driving policies of American tech giants.

GE announced it's breaking into three. Meanwhile, tech companies continue to take over a wider swath of industries.

Roman pushes himself closer to the center of his father's circle, and Kendall's birthday party brings to a head the ugliness that's been roiling among the Roy siblings.

Educators will see more money in their paychecks this year from a combination of raises, bonuses and a new county-based supplement for teacher pay.

Many experts warn there will be more infections on the downslope of the omicron surge, but we're on the path to the virus becoming endemic — and that should mean fewer interruptions to daily life.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gideon Rachman of 'The Financial Times' about how China and Russia could leverage the Ukraine crisis to reduce U.S. influence around the world and reset the world order.

In a pointed message to their international critics, the two autocrats declared it was only up to their own people "to decide whether their State is a democratic one."

Six months after Detroit emerged from bankruptcy, Michel Martin heads there to hear from the artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs who are shaping the city's future.

A Russian delegation was in Brussels Wednesday to meet with NATO officials, who are trying to head off an invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops massed on the border.

Scott Simon speaks with Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Christine Baranski about her new HBO drama, "The Gilded Age," written by "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Jon Ronson about his new podcast, Things Fell Apart. In each episode, he goes back in time to a starting point in the culture wars.

The pandemic exposed how old-school tech hampers access to health care and other public services. With new federal funding, states finally have a way to upgrade, if they seize the opportunity.

A new book develops a science of scaling.

New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander joins NPR's Rachel Martin to share a holiday poem collectively written by Morning Edition listeners.

Scott Simon speaks with musician Kurt Vile about his latest album, "(watch my moves)," which was recorded from his house in Philadelphia.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin of the band MUNA about their third album: MUNA.