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Jon Batiste joins us at the piano to play his reimaginings of Beethoven, and more. His new album is
The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in G
Late Night host Stephen Colbert and his wife Evie McGee Colbert join Terry Gross to talk about famil
The U.S. is short approximately 4 million homes. Wharton professor Ben Keys traces the beginning of
Danielle Deadwyler stars in the Netflix adaptation of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson. She s
The former band leader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert returns to talk with Terry Gross about
Herzog reflects on the curiosity that's fueled his career in the memoir, Every Man for Himself and G
Musician Jerron Paxton is known for performing music from the 1920s and '30s. He just came out with
Are you hyper-vigilant about your health, constantly monitoring yourself and panicking when you feel
Economist David Wessel talks about Trump's plans on tariffs and tax cuts, and the potential economic
In Mickalene Thomas' work, Black women are front and center. "We've been supportive characters for f
We're going to hear from a musician whose music is vibrant, exciting and new — even if it sounds lik
A new film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play The Piano Lesson is now on Ne
The animated film Piece By Piece traces Pharrell Williams' early life as a boy growing up in Virgini
About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrumen
Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics for some of the most enduring songs in the Great American Songbook, in
August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Piano Lesson is about a conflict in a Black family o
During her years as a military linguist, Bailey Williams pushed her body to extremes. She later lear
Michael Schur wrote for the The Office, and created The Good Place, and co-created Parks and Recreat
Author Scott Eyman explains how silent film actor Charlie Chaplin was smeared in the press, scandali
