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R. Eric Thomas, writer and host of The Moth Radio Hour, talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his memoir in essays: "Here for It."

Mitchell Santos Toledo was brought to the U.S. when he was 2. "This is our home," he says.

NPR's Noel King speaks with Lupita Nyong'o about her new children's book, Sulwe.

The 17 recipients include athletes, artists, and leaders of the civil rights and labor movements.

KPCC's podcast Snooze explores the things in life we all put off. For host Megan Tan, it was confronting the reality of caring for an aging parent.

She's one of theater's Everest roles, exhausting, perilous — and irresistible to any actress with a sense of adventure. Even Marge Simpson couldn't resist her. NPR's Lynn Neary asks why Streetcar is such a wild ride.

Women call the shots among the Mosuo people of southwest China. However, things are changing. Tourism has helped them escape poverty but also has eroded traditional family structures.

Novelist Jodi Picoult isn't afraid to traverse morally fraught terrain in her tense family dramas, making her an unlikely fixture on the best-sellers charts. Her latest, Lone Wolf, follows two siblings who disagree about whether to continue medical care for their comatose father.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to director Matteo Garrone about his new film "Io Capitano," which follows the journey of two migrants to Europe.

Body-acceptance advocate Katie Sturino and Ronald Young Jr., host of the podcast Weight for It, answer listener questions about body image, weight loss drugs and bullying.