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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Jamel Brinkley about his new short story collection, Witness.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor and musician Joshua Radnor about his debut album, Eulogy: Volume 1.

At the TED Conference in Vancouver this week, two Fellows, Devita Davison and Damon Davis talked about putting ideas to work to invigorate marginalized communities from within.

An unpredictable and exciting college football season is coming to a close. This weekend's first-round slate is set up for two tight games and two blowouts — but in the playoffs, anything goes.

The widespread protests sparked by George Floyd's killing are reverberating in Europe, leading to the removal of two statues in the United Kingdom and one in Belgium tied to racist, colonial legacies.

Competing proposals to end the shutdown failed in the Senate. President Trump continues to press for money for a border wall and Democrats say they won't negotiate until the government reopens.

It doesn't sound very remarkable: Baseball team signs star. Reporter gets scoop. Reporter tweets news. Except the reporter is 13-year-old Devan Fink. He tells NPR's Scott Simon how it happened.

Part of an emerging legacy in drag spurred on by the mainstream success of RuPaul's Drag Race, Mattel has built a career as a comedy queen and folk singer with two albums and a TV show to her name.

The Russian newspaper Kommersant reports the listening device was hidden in a samovar, which is a traditional Russian urn with a spigot that's used to serve tea.

The nominees for this year's Grammy Awards have been announced. Noah tells us about some of the contenders. (3:30). The pieces featured in this story are as follows: "Idioteque," by Radiohead from the album Kid A. Capitol Records, catalog # CDP 7243 5 27753 2 3; "The Roots (Interlude)," by Jill Scott from the album Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol.1" Hidden Beach Records, catalog # HBR 00001; "Walk Softly," by Ricky Skaggs & The Dixie Chicks from the album Big Mon, the Songs of Bill Monroe, Skaggs Family Records, catalog # SKFR CD 1002; "Mass in B Minor," by Johann Sebastian Bach, from Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque. Telarc, catalog # CD 80517. Remix of Sven Vath's "Barbarella" by Deep Dish, from Barbarella Remixes. See www.deepdish.com. A complete list of nominees is available on NPR's Grammy Awards page.