Mohammad Rasoulof left Iran after making his most daring film
Dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof talks about how he escaped Iran on foot after making his new political thriller, The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
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This children's picture book highlights wordless acts of love
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with with Jocelyn Chung, who wrote a children's book called When Love Is More Than Words, about all of the unique ways her family members show their love for her.
'Landman' drills into the wild West workings of today's oil industry
This Paramount+ series, featuring Billy Bob Thornton as a savvy veteran of the oil business, is an old-fashioned soap opera and a breezy portrait of one of the world's most influential industries.
'I think of my body as a teacher,' says Marine who struggled with disordered eating
During her years as a military linguist, Bailey Williams pushed her body to extremes. Her new book is Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines.
Kendrick Lamar's rules for rap's new administration
Lamar already won the year in a landslide. On his bristly new album, GNX, the rapper aims to change the state of play for everyone else.
Comic D.J. Demers jokes a lot about hearing loss — but won't be 'the hearing aid guy'
Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss when he was 4 years old. As a kid, he saw nothing funny about it — but then he learned to make people laugh. He just dropped his fourth stand-up special.
Here are the Books We Love: 350+ great 2024 reads recommended by NPR
Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.
Teedra Moses: Tiny Desk Concert
The artist celebrates the 20th anniversary of her landmark debut album Complex Simplicity.
Tips from a top chef to beat holiday cooking stress
Tips from a top chef to beat holiday cooking stress
A viral chocolate bar from Dubai is here to stay
Dubai chocolate bars are kind of like KitKats, but stuffed with pistachio nuts and aromatic pistachio nougat. Foodies used to have to order the confections from Dubai — now they are everywhere.