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Segment 1: Two men formed an unlikely friendship through a shared tragedy.Tariq Khamisa was a 20-year-old college student delivering a pizza in 1995 when…

The dark streets of Kansas City hold many secrets.As Steve Paul writes in the introduction to a new book, Kansas City Noir, this is also a city that's…

Watch 25 of the year's greatest, most surprising Tiny Desk performances, featuring just a sampling of the gifted artists who passed through NPR Music's office this year.

The Equal Rights Amendment has one of the longest sagas in U.S. Congressional history. Passed in 1972 but never ratified, advocates continue to pursue…

Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has written about some of the the most powerful people in the world. She shares with Steve Kraske leadership…

A book is often evaluated by the words it contains, but what value does a book with no words have? It turns out that wordless books can bolster creativity…

Is our definition of what it means to be 'literate' changing in a digital age? Should it? We talk about why young people today need to understand how to…

When it comes to our war on terrorism, boots on the ground and bombers in the air are only part of the struggle. What we know about the culture behind…

When it comes to personal technology in America, Google and Apple are locked in a battle of the titans for supremacy. We take a look at that fierce…

Moderates in Kansas once were the dominant political force in the state. Now conservatives hold sway. Steve Kraske talks with two former politicians…