Kate Kennedy's new book tracking 4 cellists is part-detective story, part-memoir Kate Kennedy tells the tales of 4 cellists and their missing instruments in her new book, "Cello." She talks about them with NPR's Daniel Estrin, who's also a cellist. Daniel Estrin
Connie Chung says booze and bawdy jokes helped her break into journalism's boys club Chung reflects on the decades she spent covering the news, her marriage to Maury Povich and the prominent figures who acted inappropriately with her. Originally broadcast Sept. 18, 2024. Tonya Mosley
A biologist explains what humanity could learn from natural ecosystems In her new book The Serviceberry, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular economies of reciprocity and abundance that play out in natural ecosystems. Christopher Intagliata
The struggle between wanting to know things while rejecting challenging truths NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with author Mark Lilla about his new book, "Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know." Mansee Khurana
Miranda July talks 'All Fours' -- and the risks and rewards of changing your life July's novel, about a 45-year-old married woman who has an erotic affair, grapples with themes of perimenopause and sexuality. "Fear in general is why I wrote the book," the filmmaker/writer says. Terry Gross
Lily Tuck's new novel 'The Rest Is Memory' was sparked by a single image Scott Simon talks with Lily Tuck about her new novel, "The Rest is Memory." Based on a real photograph, she imagines the life of a Polish girl killed at Auschwitz concentration camp. Scott Simon
'Does This Taste Funny?' is a Colbert family cookbook What do cooking and a nightly TV show have in common? Both require "a little care, a little love and a little imagination," says Stephen Colbert. He and his wife Evie Colbert have written a cookbook. Terry Gross
A new book reveals that Thomas Edison was not the first to record sound Music journalist Jonathan Scott explores the early history of recorded sound: from the first-known recordings in the 1800s to the most significant vinyl records of the 1940s. A Martínez
Science fiction writer Ted Chiang wins PEN/Malamud Prize Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow. Scott Detrow
Werner Herzog says it's not good to circle 'your own navel' but wrote a memoir anyway The German filmmaker reflects on his unusual life and the curiosity that has fueled his career in the memoir, Every Man for Himself and God Against All. Originally broadcast Oct. 25, 2023. Terry Gross
