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After the rush of stardom accompanying her 2013 debut, the singer felt "deeply conspicuous" working in her native New Zealand. To finish her new album, Melodrama, she let herself get lost in New York.

For this week's Barbershop, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Susan Chira of The New York Times, conservative commentator Lenny McAllister and journalist Jeff Yang talk about this week's news in sexual harassment, gender politics in sports and more.

As we mark 50 years since the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Michel Martin talks with Human Rights Watch's Nicole Austin-Hillery, the New School's Maya Wiley and the NAACP's Tiffany Dena Loftin.

We ask the creator of Mad Men about men who are glad rather than mad — success coaches, motivational speakers and happiness gurus. Originally broadcast March 28, 2015.

For many years, Jonna Mendez was the CIA's Chief of Disguise, so we've decided to quiz her on "dose guys" — three questions about the Mafia. Originally broadcast Sept. 26, 2020.

Brown is the culture expert on Netflix'sQueer Eyereboot so we've invited him to answer questions about another kind of culture. Originally broadcast March 7, 2020.

Grosz fled Germany with his family in 1933. Now 90, he tells his story in the memoir, It's a Sin to Tell a Lie. Grosz visited Fresh Airin 1984 and 2004 to play music and to talk about his life.

The New Jersey Democrat took the podium to criticize the Trump administration's policies at 7 p.m. Monday. He ended his marathon speech shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, breaking a decades-old record.

Asian and mixed-race people are the two fastest-growing segments of the U.S. population, the U.S. Census Bureau says. Non-Hispanic whites are the only group to see deaths outpace births.

Two decades since “MMMBop,” '90s pop sensation Hanson is still going strong, with orchestral versions of their greatest hits. The Hanson brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac join us.