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The event is just one part of a Black folk music revival sweeping the country that’s rescuing lost traditions and challenging stereotypes that for generations have influenced things like who gets to play the banjo in America.

Over the last two decades, the tools used to search for extraterrestrials have been advancing mightily. Where we were once only monitoring with radio telescopes, we are now actively looking for bio and technosignatures on exoplanets.

At the end the year, relax and listen to some peaceful holiday songs to soothe your soul, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and more.

Music Specials producer Paul Ingles hosts his annual tribute music mix featuring just some of the notable musicians who've passed in 2025.

This program remembers pioneering music icon David Bowie. The pop chameleon died of cancer on January 10, 2016.

For generations, African American orators have been demanding justice and equality, reminding America to make good on its founding principles of democracy. Hear some of these seminal speeches in "Say It Plain".

Author of “Escaping the Blues: Robert Johnson the Invention of the Blues”, talks with producer Ned Sublette, and plays lesser-known recordings by Peetie Wheatstraw, Lonnie Johnson, Leroy Carr and others, who provided source material for some of Johnson’s classic tunes.

What physical activity gives you joy? Whether it’s walking, running, dancing or swimming, your body evolved to do it. We are made for movement. But there’s a cost as anyone with a sore neck or aching back knows.

This program draws on the groundbreaking documentary work of Lucy Duran, exploring how hereditary musicians apprentice and grow in various cultural contexts.

In this episode, listen to two stories about food, family, and the choices our government makes in our name.