Conan O'Brien will return as Oscars host in 2026
Comedian Conan O'Brien hosted the awards ceremony earlier this month on March 2. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences saw a five-year high in ratings for the telecast.
Arts
'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter' is Stephen Graham Jones' horror masterpiece
The prose is gorgeous and the plot is complex. The author of The Only Good Indians returns again with a spellbinding yarn about one of the bloodiest, most significant parts of the nation's history.
During tour, Trump declares the Kennedy Center is in 'tremendous disrepair'
President Trump toured the Kennedy Center today and presided over its board meeting. He expressed deep dissatisfaction with the current state of the performing arts center.
How a firefighter's quick action saved his friend's life
Ronald Osborne was a firefighter for many years. Early in his career, while battling a house fire, his life was in danger. It was another firefighter's quick thinking that saved him.
'Red Scare' revisits the fear of Communism that gripped post-WWII America
Writer Clay Risen describes the anti-Communist frenzy that destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers, union activists and civil servants — and connects that era to our current political moment.
'The Pitt' and 'Adolescence' offer a radical, real-time approach to TV storytelling
Each episode HBO's The Pitt presents an hour of a shift in a Pittsburgh ER, while each episode of Netflix's brilliant Adolescence considers the murder of a teenage girl from a different point of view.
Yseult: Tiny Desk Concert
The French singer-songwriter's fearless energy is on full display at the Tiny Desk.
John Kani risked his life to tell stories of apartheid — at 81, he's still at it
The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, often in collaboration with the late playwright Athol Fugard. Kunene and the King is Kani's latest project.
Dogs dig 'Flow.' A researcher explains what might be catching their eye on the screen
Oscar-winning film Flow has caught the eye of many pets. Here's what a researcher told NPR our furry friends might pay attention to on the screen.
How one influential Irish musician in America celebrates St. Patrick's Day
Joanie Madden founded the Celtic supergroup Cherish The Ladies. She tells us about what she calls "March Madness" for Irish musicians and the song that's most meaningful for her to play this year.