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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Irish author Anne Enright about her novel, "The Wren, The Wren." It's about a mother and daughter and how their lives are marked by the family patriarch, an Irish poet.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is trying something new to introduce kids to the materials that make art.

Shawn Fain has been UAW president for less than six months, elected in the first direct ballot where members picked their leadership. Now he's in the spotlight as the union starts to strike.

Thousands of A.I. enthusiasts are converging in San Francisco this week for what's billed as the "world's largest A.I. event," which stands in sharp contrast to what's happening in Washington.

In 2021, retail investors bet big on so-called "meme stocks," with the goal of making money and upending power dynamics on Wall Street. The odds are still stacked in favor of professional investors.

Hollywood actors and writers have been picketing for months now. And there's an ongoing turf war being fought over where, exactly, strikers can and cannot protest.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with economist Allison Schrager about why she thinks the UAW is wrong about asking to bring back the old-fashioned pension plan.

Sept. 15 is national POW MIA day. More than 80,000 service members that served in the last century are still unaccounted for. One of those missing until recently was Navy Aviator Wilbur Mitts.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the musician Alan Palomo, formerly of the chillwave group Neon Indian, about his first solo release, World of Hassle.

The science of baby babble is surprisingly complex. And the idea that a baby exposed to two languages will be confused? Let's see what babble researchers have to say about that.