The Eiffel family does not want Olympic rings to stay on the Paris tower To preserve the spirit of the Games, Paris' mayor has proposed making the five Olympic rings installed on the Eiffel Tower a permanent fixture. Now the Eiffel family has gotten involved. Rebecca Rosman
A woman with terminal cancer got to see her daughter graduate — in the hospital This week on "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: Susan Kahn was in the hospital with terminal cancer. She was unable to attend her daughter's high school graduation.
Riding around a merry-go-round in Queens Whether your childhood was ages ago or recent, you might remember a place where reputations are made: the merry-go-round.
Friday the 13th: Why is it considered unlucky? People have been superstitious around Friday the 13th for generations.
Remembering James Earl Jones, legend of the stage and screen Jones, who died Sept. 9, voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King. He started out in theater in the 1950s, and later won a Tony and an honorary Oscar. Originally broadcast in 1993. Terry Gross
A dying father brings 'His Three Daughters' together, in a sharply written film Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon play estranged sisters saying farewell to their terminally ill dad. It's a familiar plot, but writer-director Azazel Jacobs manages to sidesteps cliché. Justin Chang
Step inside this legendary shop full of handmade costumes — while you still can For nearly half a century, Ursula Boschet has run a legendary costume shop in Los Angeles. Now, the 90-year-old is closing up — and everything is for sale. Jonaki Mehta
Ian McKellen relishes Machiavellian role in new film 'The Critic' NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Ian McKellen about his starring role as a powerful London theater critic who savages "bad performance" in Anand Tucker's new film The Critic. Olivia Hampton
Kacey Musgraves talks about questioning a fundamental truth in NPR's 'Wild Card' Grammy-winning country star Kacey Musgraves draws a question from the Wild Card deck and tells NPR's Rachel Martin about a fundamental truth in her life that she began to question. Rachel Martin
The story of two sisters was a standout in the NPR College Podcast Challenge A standout entry from our NPR College Podcast Challenge was a story about two sisters: One a college junior, the other a soldier in the U.S. Army. Student Podcast Challenge