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An NPR/Marist poll sheds light on a fast-growing workforce sector: contract workers. One out of every five jobs is held by a contract worker. While many enjoy the flexibility, the jobs are unsteady.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks, Love at Blurred Sight, Rat-mares and Cotton Farmer.

Sunny Balzano was the genial and eccentric proprietor of a beloved bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He died Thursday at 81, just weeks after the publication of a new book about his life and times.

Gilkey died in 2016 while on assignment in Afghanistan. His mother, Alyda Gilkey, remembers the man behind the lens: an adventurous soul who had a way of putting his subjects at ease.

The new film Martin Eden is an epic retelling of Jack London's 1909 novel set in Italy in the midst of a socialist revolution. It may well be a metaphor for the "Don't tread on me" America of today.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks ... Cialis Avenue, denim dash, big birds.

Sen. McCain spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Orson Swindle III, who was in prison with McCain.

The LeBron James Family Foundation is trying to create a network of support for young people and families in Akron, and the new House Three Thirty center is the latest extension of James’ promise to the city.

The legendary goaltender won two consecutive Stanley Cups with the Philadelphia Flyers, and is now a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Originally broadcast July 1, 2017.

Akwaeke Emezi's debut novel follows the spiritually receptive student, Ada. The author pulls from her own experience with what she says "is like a cloud of selves that are shifting."