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Michael Oreskes is NPR's Senior Vice President of News and Editorial Director. He leads an award-winning team of journalists and seasoned newsroom executives who are committed to excellence, innovation and the highest quality reporting and multi-platform storytelling.

As 2024 nears its end, we take a look at some memorable podcasts from NPR member stations that we featured this year.

Author John Milward connects American music legends like The Carter Family and Hank Williams with today's big stars including Jason Isbell and Brandi Carlisle.

The way Black people were treated in Bloomington-Normal got a lot worse in the 20th century than in the years before, and that's saying something. Those conditions produced jarring juxtapositions in people’s lives, such as that of an intelligent churchgoing Black woman who worked for the family of State Farm royalty and in a brothel to make ends meet.

Growing up, Bridgett M. Davis' mother booked and banked bets from their home in Detroit. She writes the role of "the numbers" in the black community in her memoir. Originally broadcast Feb. 4, 2019.

"I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid," Minhaj says, "but am I more Indian or am I more American? What part of my identity am I?" Originally Broadcast May 18, 2017.

Terrorist attacks can occur in any city, but a leader of the local Muslim community says he believes one like the mass shooting at a gay night club in…

Outback Steakhouse will open its new Eastland Mall parking lot location Wednesday, Dec. 12.Outback closed in its Lakeview Plaza location Dec. 4 to allow…

An associate dean of Illinois State University's Milner Library said his recent trip to the Gulf state of Qatar to help create that country's national…

It’s been 50 years since John Coltrane died. How is it possible the just released documentary “Chasing Trane” from director John Scheinfeld is the first…