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Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave talk about spider web architecture, storytelling and memory, and why more TV pixels may not translate to a better viewing experience.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with psychologist Coltan Scrivner about his book Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Deborah Lipstadt who served as Special Envoy for monitoring antisemitism in the Biden administration about the attack on the Jewish community celebrating Chanukah.

The upheaval to the federal workforce in 2025 drove tens of thousands of federal employees to leave their jobs. One former employee of the Veterans Health Administration reflects on the year.

An attack targeting a Hanukkah beach party halfway around the world casts a heavy shadow as Jews in Israel celebrate the holiday for the first time in years without a full-scale war or pandemic.

Hollywood's Rob Reiner made a virtue of virtuosity, directing such diverse hits as When Harry Met Sally, Stand By Me, A Few Good Men, This is Spinal Tap, and Misery.

Washington, D.C., set a world record of most couples kissing underneath the mistletoe. Exactly 1,435 couples turned up to smooch for five seconds under the festive greenery on Saturday.

The band's 1976 greatest hits collection just became the first album ever to earn 4x Diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, or 40 million units sold.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced by a national security court in Hong Kong. He was found guilty of publishing seditious articles and colluding with foreign forces.

Some of the nation's largest restaurants boast of decades-long survival through economic downturns, stiffer competition, and changing American palates. And we still love them anyway. Why?