Month: October 2025

NPR’s Don Gonyea plays the puzzle with Minnesota Public Radio listener Matt Walsh of St. Louis Park, Minnesota and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Justine Lupe on season two of Nobody Wants This and why Morgan’s story hits closer to home this time

This week, we extend our time in paradise with visits from Anna Kendrick, Jeff Gordon, Jan Jensen, and more!

Guillermo del Toro has said it was his lifelong dream to make his own version of Frankenstein. That dream has now been realized — and then some.

(Image credit: Ken Woroner)

NoiseCat is the son of an Indigenous Canadian father and white mother. His new memoir is We Survived the Night. Laufey was an “odd fish” in native Iceland. Now she’s a jazz-pop star.

(Image credit: Emily Kassie)

Jeff Hiller won an Emmy this year for his role in HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere.” The recognition came after decades of bit roles in TV. And he says the win has been unexpectedly meaningful for him.

OpenAI is preventing people from making AI videos of King on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of offensive and vulgar portrayals.

(Image credit: Sora/Open AI/Annotation by NPR)

Ethan Hawke stars as lyricist Lorenz Hart on the night his former writing partner, Richard Rodgers, debuts his hit musical Oklahoma!. Blue Moon offers a canny take on professional jealousy.

Alysia Abbott was raised by a single father at the dawn of the gay liberation era. Sofia Coppola recently adapted Abbott’s memoir, Fairyland, to film. Originally broadcast in 2013.

Also in theaters this week are Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.

(Image credit: Robin Cymbaly)