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Robert talks to Phoebe Marr, a senior fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University; Gary Sick, executive director for the Gulf/2000 Project at Columbia University and staff member of the National Security Council under Presidents Carter, Ford, and Reagan; and Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs at the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom, who was also special assistant for national security to President Reagan. They discuss what would constitute an acceptable outcome for the current conflict between the U.S. and Iraq.

Award-winning Detroit native Morisseau authored a new musical that goes behind the scenes of the Motown quintet's signature smooth tunes, as told through the eyes of founding member, Otis Williams.

Did you know that a haiku doesn't have to conform to a 5-7-5 syllable count? NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with haiku master and former diplomat Abigail Friedman about where the misconception comes from.

Dr. Peter Hotez is part of a team working to develop a low-cost COVID vaccine that could be distributed globally. "Vaccines are coming," he says. "We have to get everybody through to the other side."

The company Vital Decisions hires social workers to help people make end-of-life plans in advance, over the phone. But the counselors are paid by insurers. Critics see a conflict of interest.

We kept hearing that Artificial Intelligence is a threat to the creative arts. So we put ChatGPT to the test to see if it can, indeed, write a decent song.

McLorin Salvant first studied classical voice, but turned to jazz because it offered her more range. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.

The only recording of an Arkansas farm worker named Bozie Sturdivant is a favorite with Library of Congress staffers. It's also an early example of the influence the outside world has had on what we tend to think of as "pure roots cultures." We'll hear a commentary by folkorist Stephen Wade.

Nirvana's culture-shifting hit mocked mainstream rock songs and wound up becoming one. But in his very ambivalence about success, Kurt Cobain captured something essential about growing up.

The candidate at the center of the disputed congressional election in North Carolina is a pastor who worked hard to break into politics. Now, state investigators are probing his campaign's tactics.