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Rural library funding threats

2 days ago | npr.org | Emily Hays
As soon as Jasmine.4.t came out, the music started pouring out of her

2 days ago | npr.org | Raina Douris

Set ListJasmine Cruickshank, who performs as Jasmine.4.t, walked away from a songwriting workshop - led by none other than Adrianne Lenker - with a key piece of wisdom: Creative endeavors must start from a place of acceptance. That's something the British singer-songwriter had been struggling with just before she came out as trans and began her gender-affirming transition. "As soon as I came out, all of these songs that are on the record ... started pouring out of me," she says.
Yale School of Medicine's James Kimmel Jr. discusses 'The Science of Revenge'

2 days ago | npr.org | Michel Martin
A new Gaza food distribution site erupted into chaos and violence this weekend

3 days ago | npr.org | Carrie Kahn
Nationalist Karol Nawrocki wins Polish presidential election

3 days ago | npr.org | Rob Schmitz
A look at the drastic changes Kash Patel is making as lead of the FBI

3 days ago | npr.org | Ryan Lucas
4 songs we're claiming for Pride Month

3 days ago | npr.org | Miguel Perez |Miguel Pérez

Every June, we turn to songs of joy, resilience and community to soundtrack our Pride Month festivities.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom blames state's homeless rates on local officials

5 days ago | npr.org | Laura Fitzgerald
How Trump officials are getting tripped up explaining Jeffrey Epstein's death

6 days ago | npr.org | Lisa Hagen
World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

1 week ago | npr.org | Raina Douris

Ben Kweller started playing music when he was a little kid, when his dad taught him to play the drums. Almost immediately, Kweller started writing his own songs, and by his mid-teens, he was showing up on late-night television playing with his band Radish. When Kweller became a dad himself, he passed that love of music along to his kids, including his son Dorian, who was a budding musician on the cusp of success when he was killed in a car accident in 2023 at just 16 years old.