Uzo Aduba thanks her mom: 'I didn't know how many prayers she sent up to heaven for me' The Orange Is the New Black actor grew up the daughter of Nigerian immigrants in a predominantly white Massachusetts suburb. She looks back on her mother's influence in the memoir, The Road Is Good. Tonya Mosley
Richard Powers' new book is filled with awe The power and importance of play is one of the ideas explored in Pulitzer Prize–winning author Richard Powers' new novel, Playground. Jeanette Woods
Mueller investigator says Russia interfered in 2016 -- and in the 2024 election too Mueller deputy Aaron Zebley looks back on the investigation of Trump's ties to Russia and explains why his team didn’t indict the president in 2017. Zebley is the co-author of Interference. Terry Gross
Folk musician Eugene Rodriguez authors memoir 'Bird of Four Hundred Voices' A new memoir by folk artist Eugene Rodriguez explores his work resurrecting traditional Mexican music with youth in The Bay Area. It's called "Bird of Four Hundred Voices." A Martínez
'Bad Monkey' novelist Carl Hiaasen says Key West has 'laws all its own' Hiaasen has spent his life skewering and defending his native Florida. His novel, Bad Monkey, has been adapted into an Apple TV+ mystery series starring Vince Vaughn. Originally broadcast in 2013. Dave Davies
Why Lyndsay Rush dedicated her debut book of poems to Michelle Pfeiffer NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Lyndsay Rush, the poet behind @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram, on how she went from not liking poetry to publishing her debut book of poems, A BIT MUCH. Mary Louise Kelly
Connie Chung says booze and bawdy jokes helped her break into journalism's boys club In a new memoir, Chung reflects on the decades she spent covering the news, her marriage to Maury Povich and the prominent figures who acted inappropriately with her — including President Carter. Tonya Mosley
Women share their sexual fantasies for Gillian Anderson's new collection: 'Want' NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress Gillian Anderson about her new book, Want, which is a compilation of women's anonymous, sexual fantasies from all over the world. Mary Louise Kelly
'Lucky Loser' dispels the myth of Trump as a self-made billionaire Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years examining Trump's finances and businesses. They trace how he squandered his father's fortune in a new book. Terry Gross
Stephen Colbert and his wife Evie's cookbook is grounded in family, then and now NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Stephen Colbert and his wife Evie about their new cookbook they've written together called Does This Taste Funny? Recipes Our Family Loves. Courtney Dorning