We needed comic relief in 2024. Here are 5 stand-up specials where we found it
Hasan Minhaj, Ronny Chieng, Mike Birbiglia, Hannah Einbinder and Michelle Buteau all delivered specials that cracked us up this year.
Human Interest
Persuasive conversation tips for a happy holiday
This holiday season as families gather, the list of potentially heated conversation topics is long. Public speaker and author David Campt has some practical suggestions for those looking for productive conversation.
How hopes for Myanmar's democracy faded and why leadership is needed (again)
Former U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell argues the United States should assert its leadership in helping shape Myanmar's peaceful, just and democratic future.
Sunday Puzzle: Can you conquer this Christmas carol puzzle?
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Heather Reed of Eureka Springs, Ark., and puzzle master Will Shortz.
This Christmas I'll be grieving. Here's how I'll be finding joy.
Since her husband's death, newscaster Windsor Johnston has been looking for ways to recapture joy and continue her healing journey — one that's taken her to a place she'd never expected.
'Wait Wait' for December 21, 2024: With Not My Job guests Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guests Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone and panelists Dulcé Sloan, Roy Blount, Jr., and Hari Kondabolu
People power's unfinished work: Can Bangladesh be an exception?
The Wilson Center's Michael Kugelman says that for many Bangladeshis, a successful youth-led mass movement has shattered a long malaise and kindled a newfound optimism about the country's future.
A pair of satellites will create artificial solar eclipses to study the sun
Astronomers hope the Proba-3 mission will help them get a better view of the corona, the sun's outer atmosphere, which is even hotter than the sun's surface.
Watch: Satellite video shows world's biggest iceberg, A23a, break free
About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.