'It's such a dream': Top high school performers step out on Broadway
With a billboard in Times Square and a night on Broadway, the year's top high school performers are ready for their big moment at the Jimmy Awards.
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Alex Isley: Tiny Desk Concert
The R&B singer and her fans have anticipated this concert for years. It was worth the wait.
Fifty years after its release, what's the enduring legacy of the film Jaws?
It's been 50 years since Jaws was released in theaters, changing movies forever.
Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar reflects on art amid war
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar about how he's processing the U.S. strikes again Iran through writing.
Sunday Puzzle: Matching pair of letters
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WITF listener Travis DiNicola and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
What separates the ultrarich from the just-plain-rich? The gigayacht.
A new collection of essays by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos, The Haves and Have-Yachts, provides rich research and material for the conversation about extreme wealth in America today.
Designer Claire McCardell revolutionized women's fashion. Why isn't she better known?
NPR's Andrew Limbong interviews writer Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson about her new book, "Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free."
Star bassist Carol Kaye rejects Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honor
One of the most in-demand session players of the 1960s, Kaye was listed alongside the late record producer Thom Bell and the late pianist Nicky Hopkins as inductees in the Musical Excellence category.
'Wait Wait' for June 21, 2025: With Not My Job guest Ibtihaj Muhammad
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Ibtihaj Muhammad and panelists Jeff Hiller, Rachel Coster, and Hari Kondabolu
I can't stop thinking about this plotline in 'Materialists'
A money-obsessed NYC matchmaker is wooed by a financial investor and a cater waiter in a romantic drama that has its protagonist finding strength and emotional growth via a side character's suffering.