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Need some podcasts to listen to on your way home for the holidays? We recommend 19 specific episodes of (non-NPR) shows that dropped in 2016.

The long-running television show set in the Depression-era Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia told a story based on Hamner's youth through the characters of John Boy Walton and his loving family.

Educator John Hunter describes how he finds hope and inspiration in his fourth grade students — and their ability to solve big problems.

Health IT expert John Wilbanks explores whether the desire to protect privacy is slowing research, and if opening up medical data could create a wave of health care innovation.

2: Novelist TIM O'BRIEN. He was writing about Vietnam long before it became fashionable to do so. His Vietnam memoir, "If I die in a Combat Zone," was published in 1973. O'BRIEN's 1979 novel "Going After Cacciato" was praised for its depiction of the Vietnam War. It also was the surprise winner of the 1979 National Book Awards -- beating out books by John Irving and John Cheever. His book of stories that followed a group of soldiers in Vietnam, "The Things They Carried," (Houghton Mifflin) began as a short story in "Esquire," and received the 1987 "National Magazine Award." A new novel is due in October. (Rebroadcast from 3

The control of the U.S. Senate may rest with several key races around the country. Today, we take a look at three of them. First, John Ydstie talks with NPR's Nancy Solomon about the race in New Jersey. Then, we're on to South Dakota, where Republican John Thune is challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson. We're joined by Curt Nickisch from South Dakota Public Radio for this portion. Finally, we talk about Missouri, where Democrat Jean Carnahan is fighting to keep her seat from Republican challenger Jim Talent. NPR's Greg Allen joins us to talk about the Missouri race. (8:30)

He's been acting since he was a child. Culkin first attracted attention as John Candy's inquisitive nephew in the John Hughes film, Uncle Buck. The film Home Alone turned him into a star. He also made the films Home Alone II, Jacob's Ladder, and most recently Party Monster. Recently he returned to acting after a 6-year hiatus. His latest film is Saved! He plays a high school student in a wheelchair attending an evangelical Christian High School, whose friends are all outsiders. The film has been described as part religious satire, and part teenage rite of passage film.

Renowned for its large, iconic photographs, LIFE magazine returned to U.S. newstands this week as an insert in local newspapers. NPR's John Ydstie speaks with LIFE managing editor Bill Shapiro and former LIFE photo editor John Loengard.

Check out the latest episode of Your Child’s Brain. Join Dr. Brad Schlaggar President and CEO of Kennedy Krieger Institute and his guests Heidi Daniel, president and CEO at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, and Dr. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, a developmental neuroscientist at Kennedy Krieger Institute as we discuss children's reading, literacy, and the impact of technology on both.

Hundreds of thousands of people filled the Vatican's massive plaza to witness the extraordinary sight of two popes — one reigning and one retired — declaring two of their predecessors as saints.

More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.

The traditional music known as taarabwas fading away — until a school began giving lessons to aspiring musicians.

Former Army Sgt. John Toombs was thrown out of the residential drug treatment program at a Veterans Affairs center and then killed himself.

New terms — like LatinX — are often pushed by activists to promote a more equitable world. But linguist John McWhorter says trying to enforce new words to speed up social change tends to backfire.

For six seasons, the elegant, orchestral tone of the beloved TV series has been set by Scottish composer John Lunn, who has won two Primetime Emmys for the show's music.

We listened, voted and argued our way from more than 250 nominated albums down to just 25. And there was a clear No. 1.

The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law thirty-one years ago today. What’s working and what isn’t? Plus, why a woman who travels in a wheelchair is fed up…and suing Baltimore City over its sidewalks.

Races in Georgia and Kansas to replace GOP lawmakers who joined the Trump administration are surprising activists, pundits and both political parties in an unsettled political environment.

"We're only immortal for a limited time." Peart, who died on Jan. 7, guided Rush through the decades with a pen, a massive drum kit and an openness towards life's many shades.

Some 40 years after Superman: The Movielaunched the superhero film genre,a superhero movie earned an Oscar nomination outside of the tech categories. (And it wasn't Wonder Woman.)