Margaret Atwood remembers facing skepticism early in her career on NPR's 'Wild Card' At 84 years old, Margaret Atwood's new book Paper Boat is a collection of her poems spanning over six decades. She talked about the skepticism she faced at the beginning of her career. Rachel Martin
'Deny, deflect, delay': Jeremy Strong channels Trump's mentor in 'The Apprentice' The Succession actor plays lawyer Roy Cohn in a new film. Strong says U.S. distributors were reluctant to pick up The Apprentice because of "repercussions from a possible Trump administration." Terry Gross
Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners A lynx stretching in the sun, tadpoles swimming beneath lily pads and an investigator dusting a tusk for prints are among the winning images from the newest Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. Rachel Treisman
Colorado's overlooked Hispanic history Before it was a state, Colorado was part of Mexico. Evidence of its Mexican roots aren't always obvious unless one knows where to look. Shanna Lewis
A phone on a pole is capturing the soundtrack of a street corner in San Francisco A San Francisco man has a new spin on surveillance technology. He uses a solar-powered android phone running the song identifier app Shazam to listen and record the music passersby are listening to. Chloe Veltman
Poet Laureate Ada Limon talks about her poem engraved on a NASA spaceship NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon about her poem engraved on NASA's spaceship headed 1.8 billion miles to the Jupiter moon of Europa. Mary Louise Kelly
Hike up a mountain to witness the world's longest trackway of dinosaur footprints The U.S. Forest Service recently purchased land in Ouray, Colorado, which contains the longest continuous trackway of dinosaur footprints in the world.
Pharrell wanted to tell his story through Legos — here's why The animated film Piece By Piece traces Pharrell’s early life as a boy growing up in Virginia Beach and follows his trajectory to a Grammy-winning songwriter, performer and producer. Tonya Mosley
An immigrant ice cream vendor is forced to confront crippling shyness New York is known for its street food vendors. NPR spent time with a recently arrived migrant who is hitting the streets to sell for the first time, but has to overcome his crippling shyness. Jasmine Garsd
150 years after his birth, composer Charles Ives remains a maverick Many music lovers consider Ives, who died in 1954, to be the first truly great American composer. A new recording by pianist Donald Berman is a major addition to the Ives discography. Lloyd Schwartz