Sunday Puzzle: Compound word sets
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPCC listener Seth Bowling of Long Beach, Calif., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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This Black History Month, we're highlighting stories from community changemakers
Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.
What's it like to be famous? These 13 new celebrity memoirs may clue you in
This year brings memoirs from more than a dozen famous names — from Brooke Shields and Dawn Staley to Bill Belichick and Lionel Ritchie.
Young, Black actors in Hollywood -- how do their careers compare to their peers?
Why is it that a list of young A-list stars contains so few Black actors?
'Wait Wait' for February 22, 2025: with Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, and more!
This week, we celebrate one last President's Day with special guests Mark Ronson, Billy Porter, Tara Dower, John Leguizamo, and James Marsden
Dear listeners: 'Bambi' is whatever the band Anxious says it is
We hear from musicians Grady Allen and Dante Melucci from the band Anxious about their second album Bambi. The young hardcore act says it's their most authentic outing yet.
'The Pitt' is a medical drama worth watching. Stat.
Each episode of the new Max series covers one hour in a single day in a busy emergency department. The show manages to feel sympathetic to the hospital staff and to the patients in their care.
How many fourth-graders does it take to make a podcast? Here's what we learned
Students in an elementary school broadcasting club in California are among the youngest winners of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.
A battle-scarred Drake tries making love, not war
On the rebound from a public defeat, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U reverts to the sound of Drake's early years, charting a tentative course back toward the rap throne.