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Native Americans and pilgrims agreed on at least one thing: Cranberries were good medicine. Nearly 400 years later, scientists are only beginning to unlock the antioxidant and other medicinal benefits of this gorgeous berry.

Alynda Segarra examines our frailty and resilience with an unsparing, yet tender cadence. This week on 8 Tracks, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich looks at lyrics that stand on their own as poetry.

Your live-cut Christmas tree can be used as habitat for birds, rabbits and even fish.

It’s been two years since Cleveland and the Justice Department agreed on a path for reforming the police department. A DOJ investigation found a pattern or practice of excessive use of force, and the reform efforts resulted in a consent decree, overseen by a federal judge. This morning the National Black Prosecutors Association met in downtown Cleveland to learn more about the decree. ideastream’s Tony Ganzer moderated a conversation with some of the key figures in the reform process, and talked with Nick Castele, who was listening for any news.

As students across the country walked out of their schools in a show of solidarity and a demonstration for gun control reform, music — as always — was a constant presence.

Whether it's music by the Sufjan Stevens or 12th-Century composers from Paris, the music of Christmas has always brought joy, awe, and festivity.…

Gandelsman has been celebrated for playing a wide variety of music, from purely classical to the most inventive contemporary pieces. He takes on Bach's complex sonatas and partitas on his new album.

This week brings the first week of spring, time we hope, to put away those snow shovels and dust off the garden tools. But while we wait for the first blooms outside, let's take you inside one of the largest greenhouses in the United States – for a visual vacation and some spring stimulation. As ideastream producers Mary Fecteau and Stephanie Jarvis discover, engineering the perfect plant – indoors or out – involves far more than a seed and soil. Orchid Overload

Britain's auto industry is facing huge pressures as the U.K. works to negotiate its exit agreement with the E.U. BMW and Toyota are warning the future of their U.K. operations are under threat.

Having lived in Athens, Ohio, for years, every Halloween writer Sharon Hatfield heard stories about Jonathan Koons. The farmer turned medium claimed spirits from beyond visited the “Spirit Room” he constructed on his farm during the 1850s “About eight years ago, I decided I really wanted to dig deep into the subject to find out who Koons was and what he was all about,” Hatfield said.