(SOUNDBITE OF BO DIDDLEY SONG, WHO DO YOU LOVE?) SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Chess Records catalogue is an American institution. It was founded in Chicago by Phil and Leonard Chess in the 1950s and became the label that launched Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Ch...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Winter Olympics are in full swing, and sports like cross-country skiing are getting some time to shine. But you might not be able to tell it's cross-country season if you are in Colorado. Blades of grass and patches of dirt s...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Fifteen years after his death, Fred Rogers is having a moment. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD) FRED ROGERS: (As himself, singing) It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, we get our chance to talk about a movie that is not only hot but historic - Marvel's Black Panther. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, BLACK PANTHER) CHADWICK BOSEMAN: (As T'Challa) The Black Panther been a protector of Wakanda f...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: He was wrongfully accused - set up, actually - beaten within an inch of his life, confined to solitary in New York's notorious Rikers Island, and even now, a decade later, former police officer Joe King Oliver is still trying to...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There was an uproar in biology recently when scientists announced they'd used bits of DNA to manufacture a pox virus. Critics said the work is dangerous. Research teams had essentially published a recipe that could help terrorists...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: OK. Serious question - now, why are we still so obsessed with zombies? (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BAMM) MILO MANHEIM: (Rapping) Welcome to Zombieland. It's a party. Go ahead. Everybody dance. Do the draggy leg... SIMON: Zombies have been...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Akwaeke Emezi's debut novel is a lyrical, nonlinear story of a woman named Ada born in Nigeria with, as she puts it, one foot on the other side. Several selves exist inside of Ada. They identify themselves as we. When Ada comes to...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Piecing Me Together, a young adult novel by Renee Watson, tells the story of Jade, a Portland, Ore., high school student with - her words - cold skin and hula-hoop hips. Jade has won a scholarship to St. Francis, a private school t...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's a big, glittering musical in a classic key on Broadway now, where the townspeople of Yonkers sing and dance, the New York Central train on stage toots steam and the audience starts standing in ovation from the moment the bi...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Ralph Lauren's spring collection is not working for fashion critic Robin Givhan. The title of her review this week in The Washington Post is It's 2018, Ralph Lauren. Why Do You Think This Look Is Still Cool? She believes Lauren's...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Lots of industries acknowledge they have a diversity problem. Maybe it's with age or gender or race. Our Planet Money podcast wondered, how exactly does an industry begin to change itself? And reporter Kenny Malone says the answe...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Disney Pixar movie Coco is a favorite to win an Oscar next month. It's the story of a small boy, Miguel, who dreams of becoming a musician even though his parents don't want him to. Along the way, he finds family, tradition a...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Over the last few months, weeks, days, hours, you might have heard of a certain movie that is in theaters this weekend. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, BLACK PANTHER) FOREST WHITAKER: (As Zuri) I give to you the Black Panther. MCEVERS: Black...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There is another major development from the team investigating interference in the 2016 presidential election. A grand jury has indicted 13 Russians and three businesses with conspiracy to disrupt the American political system. D...
