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A few years ago, the banjo master Fleck set out to explore the birthplace of his instrument: West Africa. The results of his cross-cultural explorations are collected on a new album. He describes and performs some of his findings, with Malian kora virtuoso Diabate.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike will resign on March 14 after three years leading the agency and two years navigating a deadly pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 32,000 Illinoisans.

Ukrainians accused Russian fighters of entering Ukrainian airspace, then doubling back and striking a Belarusian town — what they say is a "provocation" meant to goad Belarus into entering the war.

WGLT’s Psych Geeks — aka Illinois State University psychology professors Scott Jordan and Eric Wesselmann — are back to help dissect Wayne, the rich boy whose childhood trauma led him to become the vengeance-seeking Batman.

PATH Crisis Center in Bloomington will go on a hiring spree this year as it prepares to become a major player in the rollout of the new 988 national suicide and mental health crisis hotline.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dreisen Heath, a researcher and advocate at the Human Rights Watch, about reparations in the United States.

Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the film Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift. He says the movie is unintentionally amusing but enjoyable.

In the days of the ancient Greeks, poetry and sport went hand in hand at athletic festivals like the Olympics. Morning Edition is reviving that tradition with the Poetry Games. We've invited poets to compose original works celebrating the Olympics. You will judge who should win the victor's crown.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Carroll Ballard's movie Duma about a boy and a cheetah. He says the film has the same magical qualities as Ballard's earlier films, Fly Away Home and The Black Stallion.

A study of more than 120,000 brain scans shows rapid growth before age 2 and accelerating decline after age 50. The results may one day help pick up abnormalities in the developing brain.