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One of the first things Michelle Obama did as first lady was to dig up part of the beautifully manicured South Lawn of the White House and plant a vegetable garden. In her new book she says America has a long, proud history of gardening and it's time to reconnect with it.

In Alexandra Dean's new documentary, the stunning silver-screen beauty of the 1930s and '40s is also the inventor of a technology that makes today's wireless encryption possible.

Democratic state Rep. Maura Hirschauer has introduced a bill aimed at reducing hesitation when providing CPR to women.

New data from the Labor Department shows stronger than expected jobs growth. NPR's Scott Simon asks Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, for her reaction.

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with Tamim Asey, a former defense official for Afghanistan, on how safe the country is a year after the Taliban takeover.

Some TV networks have nonstop impeachment news, but Fox News broke away for its top-rated evening shows. CBS also cut out mid-afternoon. We speak to former NBC Vice President Mark Lukasiewicz.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Ilya Somin, law professor at George Mason University and Cato Institute chair in constitutional studies, about the latest case challenging President Trump's global tariffs.

The former secretary of state died on Monday. In a wide-ranging interview with NPR in 2011, Powell addresses the flawed intelligence on Iraq and the ideals he hopes America still stands for.

Callahan was a paraplegic, recovered alcoholic who poked fun at people like himself. He died in 2010; the film Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot is based his life. First broadcast in '89 and '91.

Yunte Huang's new book chronicles the lives of the "original Siamese twins," who were brought to America in 1829 and forced to perform in a freak show. They later married and fathered 21 children.