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In the latest edition of Word of Mouth, NPR's Steve Inskeep gets recommendations from Daily Beast editor Tina Brown on the subject of survival.

Juana Summers speaks with musician Sebastian Yatra about his new album, "Dharma," and its connection to spirituality.

Leon Bridges and Khruangbin reflect on their second tribute to the sound of the Lone Star state in their upcoming EP, Texas Moon.

When American Airlines hired David Harris in 1964, he became the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline. Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cottman's Segregated Skies tells his story.

Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.

The history of the New World is intertwined with the history of rum. That's the view Wayne Curtis takes in his book And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. Curtis elaborates in a conversation with Debbie Elliott.

We look at how musicians across the country are doing their part to call for reparations within their own industry.

Frank Delaney joins Scott Simon to talk about Ireland: A Novel, which is steeped in the storytelling tradition of the novelist's homeland.

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad talks with Robert Siegel about the deepening sectarian violence in the country and the prospect of a government of national unity there.

Her bandmates have called her the best player in their group. But Nelson is content to hunker down in front of her piano, hidden by her cowboy hat. She had to be tricked into recording her solo debut.