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We hold this truth to be self-evident: America loves pie. But each region also reserves the right to bake the treat in its own style. In United States of Pie, writer Adrienne Kane explores local takes on the ultimate American confection.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Brian Raftery, author of the book, Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.

The Studio, The Pitt and Adolescence took home top prizes on Sunday. And while the wins were deserving, the telecast was meh. Here are a few takeaways from a night that was a real mixed bag.

The Feeling of Jazz, program No. 385 airing April 26, 2020 featured a spotlight on American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader…

The Feeling of Jazz, program # 186 airing November 3, 2019 (original air date October 5, 2014) featured more of the tenor saxophone of Benjamin Francis…

The Feeling of Jazz, program # 129 originally airing June 2, 2013 and airing again September 13, 2020, featured American jazz baritone saxophonist, band…

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked executive privilege as attempts to block testimony about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Feeling of Jazz, program # 302 airing October 1, 2017 featured a spotlight on jazz baritone saxophonist, composer and arranger Gerald "Gerry" Joseph…

Health officials in Houston, Texas, have discovered mosquitoes carrying the virus that causes St. Louis encephalitis in seven areas of the city. NPR's Wade Goodwyn travels with one of the health department's "mosquito men" as he makes his way through Houston's extensive sewer system, trapping mosquitoes and sending them back to the lab for testing. (6:15) CORRECTION, aired on All Things Considered Sept. 6, 2001: Wade Goodwyn's report about a mosquito surveillance officer in Houston brought out the science police in the audience. Dr. Victor Sloan of Scotch Plains, N.J., writes this: "In Wade Goodwyn's excellent story on Houston's mosquito hunters, he said 'when the dry ice melts.' Melting is the act of a solid becoming liquid. Dry ice does not melt, it sublimes. That is, it goes directly from a solid to a gas, without ever becoming liquid. When I was about 10, my father tried to explain this to me. It took me years to believe him."

The LaCrosse Volunteer Fire Department says Ken Caldwell, 63, passed away unexpectedly in his home on June 6, just hours after responding to a brush fire as the tanker operator.