Month: December 2024

The year is coming to a close, which can bring a lot of reflection. What went great and what might have gone sideways? Every year we learn lessons on what to improve, what are some of yours?

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Comics, social etiquette and myth-busting stories ruled Life Kit in 2024. That includes guidance on what to do if a partner cheats — and how to tip at fast food joints.

Meet these diagrammatic daredevils and grid-obsessed cultists of yore.

Nobody ever said the housing market was easy. In the new Netflix ensemble dark comedy No Good Deed, a couple played by Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano, along with several other couples and families, get tangled up in the sale of a home that holds a secret.

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All Things Considered producer Elena Burnett makes a convincing case for the movie The Polar Express.

For many of us, Christmas songs are dominating our playlists this week. There’s the one you start hearing in October, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby,” and the Christmas banger that went to number one last year, Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”

Lee, now 80, recorded the song when she was 13. The living legend talked to NPR last year when her song — finally — hit number one. We revisit that conversation.

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Batiste re-imagines Beethoven compositions in his new album. Maureen Corrigan picks the best books of 2024. Thomas talks about making art that “gives Black women their flowers.”

The Great Circle is all Indy, no Harrison. Iconic video game actor Troy Baker discusses how he reinterpreted the role.

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In Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, Shahu Patole pays tribute to a cuisine that has long been considered not worthy of documentation. We interviewed Patole — and are sharing some of his recipes.

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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Suzanne Hendrich of Missoula, Montana and puzzle master Will Shortz.