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On this week's show, host Bob Boilen shares his latest, game-changing idea. It's called "The Sole Of A Band" and involves matching photos of footwear with a band's song.

At 15, Trucks formed the Derek Trucks Band. Six albums later, the group is still jamming out blues- and soul-inspired rock. In this studio session, host David Dye chats with Trucks and special guest Susan Tedeschi about his new album, Already Free.

The Swedish indie-pop band found a huge wave of success a few years ago, thanks to the endlessly catchy single "Young Folks." Now, it looks to build on that momentum with the release of a darker pop record called Living Thing. The band discusses its new album in a session from WXPN.

Secrets of Inuit parenting, a Mongolian heavy metal band and a controversial medical center in Uganda were among the topics that drew the most readers.

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks to songwriter Patterson Hood about his band's new album, which threads dark tales of our perilous times and tries to end on a note of optimism.

Alaska unemployment higher than national rate in AugustUnemployment in Alaska inched upwards in August, from 6.1% in July to 6.3% in August. The state's…

The hearing, when rescheduled, could conclude its presentations of investigative findings before a final report due later this year.

Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

It's a short story about a woman who just wants to spend the holiday alone, from a band that had no interest in writing what would become a holiday classic.

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is on a mission to document every captive animal species in the world. He talks about getting an arctic fox to hold still, and Photoshopping out poop.