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American Sirens author Kevin Hazzard tells the story Freedom House, a neighborhood nonprofit that, with the help of a pioneering physician, trained some of the nation's first paramedics.

Kansas City will be the smallest city in America to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But it may not have become a destination on the global soccer map if it weren't for the immigrants who elevated its prominence in the city years ago.

Giddens' Freedom Highway is an exploration of African-American experiences, accompanied by an instrument with its own uniquely African-American story: the banjo. Originally broadcast May 11, 2017.

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

Detroit is not Tinseltown, but the city is home to a pair of new films: 8 Mile, starring rapper Eminem, and Standing in the Shadow of Motown, a documentary about the musicians who played on virtually every Motown hit. Hear more from NPR's John Ydstie and Weekend Edition entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell.

Kansas City will be the smallest city in America to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Scott Tong and Kat Chow to dive into the family histories and personal reflections that characterized their respective books.

Photographs help us look back on the moments that defined the year. Taken by NPR photojournalists nationwide, this collection goes beyond the headlines to reveal quietly powerful human stories.

The U.S.'s first Black national security advisor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs and secretary of state died on Oct. 18. Powell spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about how the army had shaped his life.

In an interview with NPR.org — just in time for Father's Day — noted sportswriter Christine Brennan reflects on a father who taught her to throw a tight spiral... and advised her that "life ain't no dress rehearsal."