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The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois history. The feds summoned 50 witnesses to a 12th-floor courtroom in their bid to prove Madigan and Michael McClain guilty of “corruption at the highest levels of state government.”

After the BAFTAS, more people might be interested in checking out Conclave and The Brutalist - or learning enough about them to fill out Oscar ballots.

In a series of profiles of members of the civil rights generation, we visit JoAnne Bland in Selma, Ala. Bland marched for voting rights on "Bloody Sunday" in 1965 when she was just 11.

As the nation prepares to mark 20 years since 9/11, StoryCorps and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum present voices of people whose lives were forever changed by that day.

Trisha Yearwood tells us about recovering from COVID-19 and her new cookbook, "Trisha's Kitchen: Easy Comfort Food for Friends and Family."

When Stars Are Scattered is the story of Omar Mohamed's years at a refugee camp in Kenya. He cared for his brother and found the courage to dream big. The book was a National Book Awards finalist.

More than three decades after the death of her parents, Moorer has a new memoir and companion album, both called Blood, about her abusive father and the emotional scars of being orphaned at 14.

Treating cholera has been a passion for Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri. She reflects on her career and inspirations, cholera's scourge, as well as successes in combating the disease.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Kaitlin and Sarah Leung about their new cookbook, "The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family."

NPR's go-to librarian would like you to meet some friends of hers — from six novels and one work of history. As you read, these artfully developed characters will become more and more real. Pearl says that when the stories ended, she was left longing for the people she'd met between the pages.