By giving him some gum, a grandmother opened a young boy's mind On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from the team at Hidden Brain: When Shalom Auslander was seven years old, his grandmother offered him something small that made him rethink his entire religion.
60+ year old activists form a movement to help save the planet Bill McKibben is building a community of retirees committed to the environment and other progressive causes.
Remember fitness personality Richard Simmons His popular 1980s workout video series, "Sweatin' To The Oldies" was inclusive and relentlessly encouraging, making him a beloved cultural figure.
'Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes' explores the magic in the mundane Author James Parker writes notes of appreciation and gratitude on a wide range of subjects, from cold showers to misplaced cups of tea to hugs to fridge's hum.
50 years later, Stevie Wonder's 'First Finale' remains ripe for rediscovery Fulfillingness’ First Finale won the Grammy for Best Album in 1975, yet today it feels underrated — perhaps because its overall tone was more meditative than the albums immediately preceding it. Ken Tucker
Photo looks to capture the path of a bullet used in Trump assassination attempt "New York Times" photographer Doug Mills captured an image at Saturday's Trump rally in Pennsylvania that appears to be a bullet flying past the former president's head. Hosts
Stephen Graham Jones on his novel 'I Was a Teenage Slasher' NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to author Stephen Graham Jones about his latest novel, "I Was a Teenage Slasher," which tells a gory tale through the eyes of a teenage killer in a small Texan town. Ryan Benk
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who encouraged America to talk about sex, dies at 96 Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. The Associated Press
A tourist under attack in San Francisco was saved by an unlikely duo San Francisco's latest crime-fighting duo doesn't wear capes. Nor anything at all. Scott Simon
A stegosaurus fossil could fetch $6 million at Sotheby's. Should they be auctioned? Sotheby's is presenting one of the most complete skeletal remains of a Jurassic creature. But some people say such specimens should not be auctioned. Andrew Mambo