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In these binary times, it might not surprise anyone that people can't even agree on when one period of time ends and another begins.

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. Terry Gross spoke to Miranda in 2017 about how his "mixed tape" musical came together.

Two major cyclones and a prolonged drought in 2019 are a reminder that Mozambique's residents are on the front lines of climate change. And they do not have all the resources they need.

In the year since Paradise, Calif., was devastated by fire, certain flame-tinged objects — scorched pottery fragments or remnants of toys — have become talismans of resilience beyond pain.

In Albany, N.Y., three men use their own experiences to set teens on the right path. Efforts by individuals can sometimes have an outsized impact in the fight against poverty.

On a recent Sunday morning inside Open Books, a handful of volunteers are busy moving throughout the store trying to fulfill requests for books to send to…

Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners Sunday in a deal negotiated by the countries' presidents. It is a tentative step toward resolving the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

NPR's Noel King talks to journalist Sheelah Kolhatkar, who profiles Abigail Disney for The New Yorker, about Disney trying to reduce income inequality and getting the rich to pay higher taxes.

After a string of anti-Semitic crimes, Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to NPR's Noel King about the growing number of attacks on Jewish communities, and what the city is doing to protect residents.

Jewish communities in the New York City area are on alert after a stabbing attack inside a rabbi's home left five people wounded. New York's governor called the attack an act of "domestic terrorism."