'Avowed' is the latest role playing game where your choices impact the story
A new video game is on the cutting edge of interactive storytelling, though in some ways its still behind stories written in the 1970s.
Arts
An art museum exhibit in Greenland's capital explores a provocative question
An art museum exhibit in Greenland's capital may have been ahead of its time in imagining what could happen if the autonomous territory had its own military.
'Jesus Wept' author chronicles the debates roiling the Catholic church
Philip Shenon talks about the past seven popes, and how efforts to reform the Church with the Second Vatican Council led to power struggles and doctrinal debates that lasted for decades.
After a tragic accident, a widow faces a lifetime of what-ifs
Live Fast won France's top literary prize in 2022. Brigitte Giraud's haunting book revisits the death of her husband in a motorcycle crash 20-odd years earlier.
'Conclave' triumphs at SAG Awards and Timothée Chalamet wins for best actor
The papal thriller and the lead in Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown' were surprise winners on Sunday, adding a few final wrinkles to an unusually unpredictable awards season.
A 10-year-old's story of family immigration that spans three continents
For NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, Ameya Desai interviewed her grandfather, who was forced out of Uganda before moving to the U.S. The California fourth grader is one of our 2024 contest winners.
'Draw or Die' documentary by NC filmmaker spotlights artist Minnie Evans
The vibrant, serene patterns of Minnie Evans’ drawings are instantly recognizable, but during her life, she was an outsider to mainstream art institutions.
'Beyond the Gates' is the 1st hour-long network daytime soap centering a Black family
The CBS soap opera debuts on Monday, focusing on a family living in a wealthy D.C. suburb. "This is not your grandmother's soap opera," says star Tamara Tunie.
Sunday Puzzle: Compound word sets
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPCC listener Seth Bowling of Long Beach, Calif., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.