Arts
Guyanese Christmas Gives A Whole New Meaning To Slow Food
Two classic Christmas dishes beloved by the people of Guyana are pepperpot and garlic pork. To get the flavors just right, you have to cook them and let them sit out for weeks.
In Seattle, Maurice Sendak's 'Wild' 'Nutcracker' Reaches Its Final Act
For more than 30 years, the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker has used sets and costumes designed by the author of Where the Wild Things Are. This year, the ballet is retiring the production.
Satirizing Dictators Is Nothing New — Just Ask Charlie Chaplin
The Interview is hardly the first time a dictator has been portrayed on the big screen — Bugs Bunny, Mel Brooks and South Park have all taken aim at fearsome world leaders.
Serial Host Sarah Koenig Says She Set Out To Report, Not Exonerate
The podcast is a reinvestigation of the 1999 murder of Maryland high school student Hae Min Lee. Her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed is serving a life sentence but has always maintained his innocence.
'Going There' In 2014
Michel Martin has spent much of the last few months on the road, and she has been moved by the people she's met and the stories they've shared with her. She remembers her Top 5 moments of 2014.
Videos Of Ray Rice, Eric Garner Among Biggest Media Moments Of 2014
Some of the most interesting things on TV in 2014 weren't actually made for TV. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans lists the moments in television, viral video and social media that changed us all this year.
For Australian Christmas, Everything's Overturned But The Pudding
Cooking in 100-degree weather is no fun, which is why many Australians ditched roasts and other holiday mainstays long ago. Except for Christmas pudding, a tradition steeped in history — and alcohol.
Time For A Holiday Favorite: 'Santaland Diaries'
About this time every year, we present an encore broadcast of the life and times of Crumpet the Elf. Crumpet is the alter ego of writer David Sedaris, who once worked as a department store elf.
