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This year “The Ezra Klein Show” has covered everything from the presidential election to the effects of “Cocomelon” on the attention spans of both kids and adults. No matter the guest or the topic, ...

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Folks, if you can, get out a pen and paper because we're about to talk about some of our favorite books of the year, and you might want to jot a few of these titles down. With us to talk about NPR's ...

I’ll be the first to admit I’m a crier. But you've got to get me in the right moment. I get misty-eyed at a nostalgic song and as the credits roll on a beautifully shot movie. I cry when I'm happy as ...

Author Yiyun Li has lost two teenage sons to suicide. Her new book is about how to think about life after the unimaginable. It's called "Things in Nature Merely Grow." Yiyun Li's new book is about ...

Jenna Bush Hager chose an epic, and heartbreaking, love story for her February 2025 Read with Jenna pick. “This Is a Love Story” by Jessica Soffer gives away its sweeping themes in the title. “It’s ...

Robert Macfarlane has climbed to the icy summits of windswept mountains and plunged into the darkened depths of the earth to research his books, and he says that may have given people the impression ...