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One of the profound pleasures of reading to children, says Barrie Hardymon, is the thrill of sharing a story's secrets for the first time.

In many ways, Patrick Kirton is a typical offshore worker. He grew up in Shreveport; his dad was in the industry; his older brother just retired from BP...

You've been asking for it. We've been cranking on it. And now, it's happening: the Code Switch podcast!

NPR Music's staff really doesn't agree about the band's recently released ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool. Not at all.

Julian Barnes' slim but powerful new novel chronicles the difficulties composer Dmitri Shostakovich suffered under repressive Soviet regimes, and mourns what is lost when tyrants try to control art.

Political pressure is the reason for Kenya's progressive policies — with credit to female leaders as well as some men who have taken on the issue.

Sarah Palin is backing the House speaker's GOP primary challenger after Ryan declined to endorse Donald Trump. But primary upsets remain rare and hard to orchestrate.

The gingerly sweet pop song is a great example of Steinbrink's ability to let listeners tie and untie vivid and unrelated images into something meaningful.

Following a string of safety lapses, the National Institutes of Health is making changes at its Clinical Center, the world's largest research hospital.

Something radical and truly fascinating has begun — a group is putting in place a "credible" road map to interstellar travel, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.