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NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with musician Booker T. Jones about his life in music and his new memoir, Time is Tight: My Life, Note by Note.

Wilson, who died Nov. 21, was fascinated by monsters, which he saw as metaphors for human fears and weaknesses. His work was often inspired by science fiction. Originally broadcast in 1986.

The Streets of Rage video game franchise was known for its cutting edge, club-inspired soundtrack. Composer Olivier Deriviere set out to recapture that magic in Streets of Rage 4.

As the country again confronts its record of structural racism, Joe Biden is facing growing calls to choose a black woman as his running mate.

Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.

Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on the band's 2000 debut, The Swiss Army Romance, as a gateway to one's younger self: raw, foolish, endlessly seeking to feel things out loud.

A song from the rapper's landmark album good kid, m.A.A.d city,produced by DJ Dahi,is built around an atmospheric sample. For one writer, it's a portal back to a night out in L.A. in 2015.

Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi team up to investigate the history of racist ideas through a narrative that's aimed at young adult readers. It's called: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dakota Johnson, star of the new film The High Note.

An intimate look at cancer from a doctor deep in the trenches. The soulful memoir is called "Cancerland."