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Tom Smothers, who died Dec. 26, was one half of the comedy duo The Smothers Brothers. We listen back to an interview with Tom and Dick Smothers from 1985, and an interview with just Tom in 1997.

Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman Brothers.

More than 150,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944 — 80 years ago this week. A small handful told NPR about their experience.

The new charges follow decades of work by Justice Department leaders aimed at investigating and prosecuting those responsible for 270 deaths.

We look at the history of zombies and the American obsession with them.

There's no legal or constitutional requirement that the loser of a U.S. presidential election must concede. But the public concession speech is an important tradition, perhaps now more than ever.

Kamala Harris has been a senator for nearly four years before becoming Joe Biden's VP pick. She doesn't have a long list of passed legislation, but she's known for aggressive questioning of witnesses.

Gun violence prevention advocates are heralding the proposed funding, saying it would be a historic investment in urban communities.

Explaining country music takes some time — it’s got a long history and draws from a myriad of sources. Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show starts here,…

Jordan Peele discusses his new film in which he addresses the politics of race. It's about an African-American man meeting his white girlfriend's family for the first time and the horror that ensues.

The Suitsactress is also a humanitarian activist. She's a self-described foodie with two rescue dogs. And she says she never reads the press coverage of her relationship with Prince Harry.

If the history of thermodynamics can teach us anything, it is that modest entropy reversals have not taken us back in time at all. But it is more fun to think otherwise, says guest Jimena Canales.

A visual testimony of the nuptials of Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.

Great poetry almost never leads to great paychecks. Even award-winning poets need to pay the bills. Many teach, but others are doctors, scientists, lawyers, undertakers or even market analysts. In celebration of National Poetry Month, writer David Orr takes a look at the secret lives of poets.

As much of the country shivers in the grip of a nasty winter, NPR movie critic Bob Mondello ponders cinematic heat — the movies that smolder, swelter and sizzle no matter what the mercury says.

As the host of a weekly public radio program pairing conversation and duet performances, McPartland brought many jazz greats to an audience of millions. For more than 40 years, she offered an intimate perspective on the elusive topic of improvisation.

Scientists are learning what artists have already figured out: there's money out there. Specifically, there's money among the users of the Internet, and they are willing to donate it for what they consider to be good causes.

The new system North Carolina uses to process Medicaid payments is still a nightmare for many providers. That's one of several controversies that…

The comedy Austenland rightly pokes fun at Americans' ideas about the British, says critic Ella Taylor. She says the line between high and low culture in England has always been a bit hazy.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Sean Maloney of New York, a Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, who participated in Wednesday's public impeachment hearing.