Bartees Strange explores his journey from 'Farm to Table'
In an interview with Morning Edition's Leila Fadel, the fast-rising artist talks about a life path as winding and varied as his music.
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Age is just a number in Sundance hits 'Leo Grande' and 'Cha Cha Real Smooth'
Emma Thompson stars as an older woman who hires a younger sex worker in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Dakota Johnson is a single mother who's wooed by a recent college grad in Cha Cha Real Smooth.
Black baseball players struggled long after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier
After Jackie, a new History Channel documentary, tells the stories of three of the Black baseball players who followed Jackie Robinson into the major leagues.
Some lawmakers hope to crack down on drag shows watched by children
Republican legislators in Florida, Arizona, Texas and other states have proposed to ban minors from drag shows.
1Love Festival celebrates African diasporic culture through arts, innovation, and conversation
The 1Love Festival returns to Winston-Salem this weekend following a two-year pandemic-related hiatus.
Ikea packs up Russian operations and plans sale of factories
The Swedish furniture giant previously shut Russian stores and now says it cannot see a way to resume operations "any time soon" as the war in Ukraine continues.
In new edition of classic Watergate expose, Woodward and Bernstein link Nixon, Trump
50 years on, the authors profess amazement that another president came along willing to jettison whatever conscience he had, and whatever respect for the rule of law, in an effort to stay in office.
The best 'American Idol' contestants of all time, ranked — according to your votes
NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour asked listeners to vote on their favorite American Idol contestants of all time.
A father's recipe that crossed three continents
Papa's recipe traveled over generations from Greece to Egypt and back again. It will never mean the same thing to the people who randomly find it online, but it will still be delicious.
Meghan Stabile, promoter who united jazz and hip-hop, dead at 39
"We get so stuck on categories and labels that you completely miss the point of really beautiful, authentic forms of art," Stabille told Jazz Night in America in 2015.