'Longform' Podcast Names Best Magazine Articles Of 2016
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Max Linsky, editor of the podcast and website, "Longform," about three of the best magazine articles of 2016 and why they're worth a read.
Arts & Life
The Season Of Gifting: The Rise Of 'Gift' As A Verb
NPR explores the not exactly new but increasingly common use of the word "gift" as a verb.
What Do 'Jackie' And 'Neruda' Have In Common? Chilean Filmmaker Pablo Larraín
One film shows Jackie Kennedy as a new widow; the other follows poet Pablo Neruda into exile. But don't call them biopics; Larraín says, "You can't [capture] someone's life in ... 120 minutes."
'Soup For Syria': Chefs Share Recipes To Raise Funds For Refugees
A charity cookbook featuring soup recipes from Alice Waters, Anthony Bourdain and others, famous and not, has raised $300,000 so far for displaced Syrians. Why soup? It's a universal comfort food.
'The Man In The High Castle' Returns To Amazon For Season 2
The show imagines what it would be like if the axis countries had won World War II, and America was divided between Germany and Japan. The show's heroes struggle against totalitarianism.
U.S. Files Lawsuit Against ISIS Aimed At Recovering Looted Artifacts
The U.S. government filed a federal case Thursday aimed at recovering artifacts looted by ISIS. It centers on an ISIS leader believed to be involved in mistreatment of American hostage Kayla Mueller.
'Hidden Figures' No More: Meet The Black Women Who Helped Send America To Space
A new film tells the stories of three women who made incalculable contributions to the space program: engineer Mary Jackson, mathematician Katherine Johnson and NASA supervisor Dorothy Vaughan.
Noah's Lark
In this game, contestants add a letter to a common name, title, or phrase to turn one of the original words into an animal.
Bond Villain, Fashion Designer, Or Pro Golfer?
In this installment of This, That or the Other, it's the age-old question--who is Beckett Fogg? A James Bond villain, fashion designer, or pro golfer?
Meet The Expert: Jason Porath
Inspired by the stories in Porath's book, we wrote a game to showcase a few of those larger-than-life women. Porath led the game, played by a member of the Ask Me Another audience.