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HBO's 'The Gilded Age' is a story about money and class in 1882 New York

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has developed a new TV show for HBO called The Gilded Age. Our reviewer says it has its own charm, despite feeling a lot like Downton set in America.

This is one of 12 rain forest landscapes by Abel Rodriguez, part of his ink-and-watercolor series <em>Ciclo anual del bosque de la vega</em> (Seasonal changes in the flooded rain forest).<strong> </strong>

A Self-Taught Artist Paints The Rain Forest By Memory

He'd never drawn before. Then he was asked to depict the Colombian rain forest he knew so well. Naturalists cherish the ink-and-watercolor works of Abel Rodriguez. And so do art lovers.

Banned books are back in the spotlight — but they've always been for this book club

Juana Summers talks with David Rafferty and Blanca Noriega of the Banned Book Club in Tacoma, Wash., about the value they see in reading books some find objectionable.

An employee at a frozen foods company in eastern Germany checks carrots for quality.

Whether Green With Envy Or Tickled Pink, We Live In A Color-Coded World

Red means stop; green means go. You live in a red state or a blue state. Elizabeth Blair kicks off NPR's color series with a look at the way color organizes our lives — in ways we don't even realize.

Patty Wagstaff is a fixture at air shows. She became the first woman to win the U.S. National Aerobatic Championship in 1991, and her winning plane (not pictured) is on display at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.

An Aerobatics Pilot Spins (And Rolls, And Loops) A Career From A Crash

Award-winning aviator Patty Wagstaff tackles the extreme, but she was inspired by a simple takeoff gone wrong. Crawling out of the plane, she looked at her pilot and thought, "I can do a lot better."

Danson starred in <em>Cheers</em> as bar owner Sam Malone. "<em>Cheers</em> was like being shot out of a cannon as far as celebrity, or attention from the public," he says.

Coffee Dates And Dropped Cue Cards: Ted Danson's Path To 'Cheers'

The actor says he got his big break because of a college crush. When she went on an audition, he tagged along, inadvertently starting a career in cologne ads, soap operas — and hit TV shows.

David Douglas Duncan looking through camera fitted with prismatic lens. Duncan, who died Thursday in the south of France at age 102, was one of the greatest photojournalists of the 20th century.

David Douglas Duncan, Photographer Of Wars And Picasso, Dies At 102

One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, Duncan documented the Korean and Vietnam wars. He also produced multiple books on Pablo Picasso, more or less living in the home of the artist.

Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello is pictured in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on July 10, 2015. Gloucester is taking a novel approach to the war on drugs, making the police station a first stop for addicts on the road to recovery. Addicts can turn in their drugs to police, no questions asked, and officers, volunteers and trained clinicians help connect them with detox and treatment services. (Elise Amendola/AP)

A Town Where Police Try To Help, Not Arrest, Heroin Addicts

More than 150 people in three months have used the program in Gloucester, Mass., to get into treatment.

Encore: Look closely at those white Jaguars in San Francisco — no drivers!

Google-owned Waymo and Cruise, owned by General Motors, are now offering robot-driven cars to ferry passengers in San Francisco. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on May 5, 2022.)

At a high school, the song 'No One is Alone' becomes about a teacher lost to COVID

English teacher Bobby Texel remembers his coworker Dennis DeCarlo, a woodshop teacher at Pompton Lakes High School in New Jersey. Dennis and Bobby worked together for years on the school's musicals.

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