The Latest Arts & Life Part comedy, part masochism: This stand-up show includes a public roast of each comic Every Sunday in Austin, there's a comedy show called Banana Phone. Comedians do one minute of stand up material, then the crowd heckles and roasts them until they run out of insults. Sean Saldana Arts & Life Frederick Wiseman, who captured the weirdness and wonder of everyday life, dies at 96 The prolific, pioneering filmmaker made dozens of documentaries and chronicled the inner workings of institutions. His 1967 film, Titicut Follies, revealed appalling conditions at a prison facility. Chloe Veltman Asia On the streets of Beijing, many wish for economic stability this Lunar New Year It's the Year of the Fire Horse. In the Chinese zodiac, the fire horse represents action and risk-taking. But on the streets of Beijing, many say they just want stability in this sluggish economy. Jennifer Pak Ramadan in Cairo blends the old and the new The world's Muslims are preparing for the holy month of Ramadan, a time of fasting and prayer. In Cairo, that means shopping for gifts and buying decorations to get into the spirit of the holy month. Aya Batrawy Arts & Life Presidential photos and campaign buttons of the past live on as collectibles In honor of Presidents' Day, we visit with the folks who collect presidential memorabilia — from pictures of presidential dogs to many many campaign buttons, to deep dives on just one president. Buffy Gorrilla Sports When the Olympic record is your age! Meet 54-year-old Minnesotan Rich Ruohonen NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the 54-year-old curler, Rich Ruohonen, the oldest American Winter Olympian to ever compete Jason Fuller Sports Two U.S. moms in their 40s rocketed to gold and bronze in Olympic bobsled showdown American sliders Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, and Kaillie Humphreys, 40, secure gold and bronze medals. Meyers-Taylor built on her record as the Black athlete with the most Winter Olympics medals. Brian Mann Politics Minnesota Democrats blame state Republicans for helping bring on the federal surge Republicans in the state legislature invited Nick Shirley to the state where he made misleading videos about immigrant fraud and that helped push Minnesota into the ICE surge. Dana Ferguson Politics Extremist rhetoric is often found in government messaging. Who's the target? In a rare move, the White House took down a racist post last week from one of President Trump's social media accounts. But extremism researchers say it fits a pattern of mainstreaming extremist ideas. Odette Yousef Arts & Life How 2016's Black art and culture set the stage for 2026 NPR's Juana Summers talks to critics Angelica Jade Bastién and Vinson Cunningham about 2016's music, literature, politics, and on-screen representation as the nation celebrates Black History Month. Sarah Handel Prev 242 of 1641 Next Sponsored
Arts & Life Part comedy, part masochism: This stand-up show includes a public roast of each comic Every Sunday in Austin, there's a comedy show called Banana Phone. Comedians do one minute of stand up material, then the crowd heckles and roasts them until they run out of insults. Sean Saldana
Arts & Life Frederick Wiseman, who captured the weirdness and wonder of everyday life, dies at 96 The prolific, pioneering filmmaker made dozens of documentaries and chronicled the inner workings of institutions. His 1967 film, Titicut Follies, revealed appalling conditions at a prison facility. Chloe Veltman
Asia On the streets of Beijing, many wish for economic stability this Lunar New Year It's the Year of the Fire Horse. In the Chinese zodiac, the fire horse represents action and risk-taking. But on the streets of Beijing, many say they just want stability in this sluggish economy. Jennifer Pak
Ramadan in Cairo blends the old and the new The world's Muslims are preparing for the holy month of Ramadan, a time of fasting and prayer. In Cairo, that means shopping for gifts and buying decorations to get into the spirit of the holy month. Aya Batrawy
Arts & Life Presidential photos and campaign buttons of the past live on as collectibles In honor of Presidents' Day, we visit with the folks who collect presidential memorabilia — from pictures of presidential dogs to many many campaign buttons, to deep dives on just one president. Buffy Gorrilla
Sports When the Olympic record is your age! Meet 54-year-old Minnesotan Rich Ruohonen NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the 54-year-old curler, Rich Ruohonen, the oldest American Winter Olympian to ever compete Jason Fuller
Sports Two U.S. moms in their 40s rocketed to gold and bronze in Olympic bobsled showdown American sliders Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, and Kaillie Humphreys, 40, secure gold and bronze medals. Meyers-Taylor built on her record as the Black athlete with the most Winter Olympics medals. Brian Mann
Politics Minnesota Democrats blame state Republicans for helping bring on the federal surge Republicans in the state legislature invited Nick Shirley to the state where he made misleading videos about immigrant fraud and that helped push Minnesota into the ICE surge. Dana Ferguson
Politics Extremist rhetoric is often found in government messaging. Who's the target? In a rare move, the White House took down a racist post last week from one of President Trump's social media accounts. But extremism researchers say it fits a pattern of mainstreaming extremist ideas. Odette Yousef
Arts & Life How 2016's Black art and culture set the stage for 2026 NPR's Juana Summers talks to critics Angelica Jade Bastién and Vinson Cunningham about 2016's music, literature, politics, and on-screen representation as the nation celebrates Black History Month. Sarah Handel