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Omar Saif Ghobash was 6 when an assassin killed his father, who was a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates. His new book is a collection of letters to his sons, urging them to reject extremism.

Over the last year, the bassist and NPR's Audie Cornish have discussed and dissected everything about jazz. Their latest chat, held for a live audience, focuses on how his own career started.

Stephanie Danler drew on her own experiences to write her novel about a young woman working at an upscale restaurant in New York. "It's so physically punishing," she says of her work as a server.

After 12 seasons on Law & Order: SVU, Christopher Meloni plays a disgraced policeman-turned-hit man (who collaborates with an imaginary unicorn) in the second season of the Syfi Channel series Happy!

Paul Greengrass' new film, a Western set five years after the end of the Civil War, stars Tom Hanks as a former Confederate captain who travels from town to town, reading aloud from newspapers.

In his Netflix series, now in its third season, Peter Morgan explores the shame, regret and "misdemeanors of the past" that haunt the House of Windsor. Originally broadcast Jan. 16, 2018.

Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award-winning novel is narrated by a woman grieving the suicide of her longtime friend and former writing professor, whom she slept with once.

Immigrants in search of the American dream come in many forms, but the goal is often the same: more opportunity, more security, more stability. Here’s how one man in the U.S. on a work permit from Mexico puts it:

Landau, who died Saturday, appeared in the filmsCrimes and Misdemeanors and Ed Wood,as well as in the 1960s TV seriesMission Impossible. Originally broadcast in 1990.

Bochco, who died Sunday, created numerous series, including Hill Street Bluesand NYPD Blue.TV Critic David Bianculli looks back on Bochco's impact, then we listen to his 1989 Fresh Air interview.