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Stan Lee reflects on a lifetime of creating comics, including some imperfect superheroes. Spiderman, one of Lee's best known characters, was human first and super second. Lee tells Renee Montagne how he brought realism to a fantasy world.

Tom Hall debriefs WYPR reporters John Lee, Rachel Baye and Joel McCord on their local news coverage.

Ed Gordon talks with smooth jazz and soul guitarist Lee Ritenour about his latest career-retrospective album, Overtime.

Frances Glessner Lee is known to many as the "mother of forensic science" for her work training policemen in crime scene investigation in the 1940s and 50s using uncanny dollhouse crime scenes.

African-American actor Canada Lee was among the first to be blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Producer Roy Hurst talks with Lee biographer Mona Smith, author of Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Angela Vang, who wrote about gold medalist Sunisa Lee for TIME Magazine about what Lee's win means for the Hmong American community.

Three new Konitz recordings radiate the joy of making music in every note.

Crews are working to rig up some of the shipping containers that are on the bow of the Dali and get them moved to Tradepoint Atlantic, officials with the Unified Command said Thursday.

The city-state began seven days of national mourning following Lee's death Monday at age 91. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he was "grieved beyond words" at Lee's death.

The statue of Castleman, a former Confederate officer, was taken off its pedestal in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood early Monday.

Marja Mills spent more than a year living next door to reclusive author Harper Lee and her sister. She documents that time in The Mockingbird Next Door. But Lee says she never authorized the book.

John Eisenberg joins Midday to discuss his latest book, "Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football."

Several years ago, iconic filmmaker John Waters stepped out of his home in Baltimore armed with a travel bag and a cardboard sign. He spent the next week…

She's Gotta Have Itactor and DJ school dropout Ilfenesh Hadera chats with Ophira Eisenberg about growing up in Harlem, working with Spike Lee, and her new show on Epix, Godfather Of Harlem.

Johnny O is recommending:The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose by Chris WilsonThe Book with No Pictures by B. J. Novak

Five news organizations have agreed to a $750,000 payment to settle a lawsuit by former government scientist Wen Ho Lee. Media watch organizations call the development troubling, since Lee did not sue for libel, but rather for violation of privacy.

Lee's career was varied and vast: He made his name as Dracula for decades, but then went on to play roles in Hollywood blockbusters like Lord of the Rings. Lee was 93 years old.

In this episode, Sammy sits down via Zoom with Chef John Shields, co-owner of Gertrude’s, located in the Baltimore Museum of Art for over 20 years. They discuss the influence of his grandmother, Gertie, the environmental impact of humans on the Chesapeake Bay, how to write a cookbook, their favorite farmers market on 32nd street, and much more!

Perry's brilliant and idiosyncratic career included helping to inspire the sounds of dub and rap as we know them today.

Fifties doo-wop singer Lee Andrews died Wednesday. His son, musician Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, spoke about Andrews in this archival Fresh Air interview. Originally broadcast June 23, 2013.