Month: February 2026

If you’re on your phone: Clara and Desmond are spies, and they are meeting at a church in Paris. Their names, again, are Clara and Desmond, and they are spies.

Olympics opening ceremonies tend to get more love than their closing counterparts. But a pair of NPR reporters who watched both in Italy left with a newfound appreciation for the latter.

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An Academy Award in Best Casting will be the newest prize at the Oscars in March. An NPR panel examines what an achievement in casting might mean.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks to Colleen Shogan, former Archivist of the U.S., about an initiative to “debrief America” in its 250th year with essays by prominent Americans, starting with George W. Bush.

Instead of throwing away your old vape, consider turning it into a musical instrument.

Photographer Martin Roemer visited 22 countries — from the U.S. to Senegal to India — to show how our identities are connected to our mode of transportation.

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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Joan Suits and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The “Pledge America Campaign” urges broadcasters to focus on programming that highlights “the historic accomplishments of this great nation from our founding through the Trump Administration today.”

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Podcaster Jad Abumrad tells the story of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti in a new series. Michael Pollan says AI may “think” — but it will never be conscious. His new book is A World Appears.

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Buzz around whether the city’s film festival would take a stance on the war in Gaza has dominated conversation in recent days.

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