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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.

Rita Lee, the Brazilian singer, musician and composer, has died at 75.

Lee Myung-bak was elected president of South Korea on Wednesday after a career of solid achievements, but he has also been marked by scandal and illegal practices. In business, in parliament, as mayor of Seoul, and now as president-elect, questions remain about Lee's character.

At 16 years old, Johns led a student walkout in her hometown of Farmville, Virginia, protesting unequal education opportunities for Black students.

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!

Rita Lee, the Brazilian singer, musician and composer, has died at 75.

The creator of the World Wide Web, TIM BERNERS-LEE. He created the web in 1989, as a way to organize his own projects. The Web has grown rapidly since then. In 1992 there were 100 sites on it, as of last May there were 22,000. BERNERS-LEE is dedicated to keeping the Web open as a public good. He now works at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he heads the World Wide Web Consortium, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing standards, protocols and new software for the Web. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO SECOND HALF OF THE

Former U.S. secretary of education John King is seeking the Democratic nomination to be Maryland’s governor. We ask King about his top priorities, and if elected, how he would lead the economic recovery from the pandemic.

Today, it’s another in our series, Midday on Higher Education.Tom’s guest in Studio A is Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels. There is no…

On Saturday, the college football personality Lee Corso announced he was retiring from the broadcast and the network he joined back in 1987.

Atkins' 11-song set depicts high-stakes personal struggles, but the Nashville-based pop singer doesn't treat them as somber affairs.

The author, who died Friday at 89, lived for decades in the shadow of her iconic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Yet there was more to Lee than her characters, however beloved they may remain.

Tony and Oscar-winning playwright Tom Stoppard's death was announced this past weekend.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with retired Judge Lillian Sing about the life of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who died on Tuesday. Sing knew him as an activist since he graduated from law school.

Filmmakers Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren discuss their film, How the Monuments Came Down, about 160 years of history in Richmond, VA., and the removal of the confederate statues along Monument Ave.

Rep. John Curtis beat out a crowded GOP primary field in Utah to win his party's nomination for U.S. Senate. While he's viewed as a moderate conservative, he's also trying to define his own identity.

Russian Dollco-creator Leslye Headland and actor Greta Lee discuss sex scene storyboards, wackadoodle costumes, and their interpretation of the Netflix series' deeper meaning.

They receive less attention than other weather-related events, but over the last decade, rip currents have killed more people than tornadoes or hurricanes.

Forty-five minutes with John Madden leaves a lifetime of memories.