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Iconic Ohioan Annie Glenn passed away Tuesday. An advocate and educator for people with communication disorders and the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, she celebrated her 100th birthday in February. She died of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St. Paul, Minn. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered flags in her home state to be flown at half-staff in her honor.

Lewis, who died July 17, grew up the son of sharecroppers. He later became an associate of Martin Luther King and co-led the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Ala. Originally broadcast in 2009.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Secretary of State John Kerry about his new book Every Day is Extra.

The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, often in collaboration with the late playwright Athol Fugard. Kunene and the King is Kani's latest project.

Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share their latest discoveries, from psych pop to gritty garage rock, with plenty of earworms along the way.

The president-elect was joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and a bipartisan group of congressional leaders at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C.

Kroll and Mulaney relive puberty in their animated Netflix series.Kevin Whitehead reviews two new compilations of Nina Simone's early work.Jones talks about playing a fish man in The Shape of Water.

We commemorate Fresh Air's 30th anniversary as a nationally syndicated show with interviews from our first years on air. Kazan and Spector spoke to Terry Gross in '88. Updike's interview is from '89.

William Griffith was arrested after construction workers reported a suspicious person near an area of the airport's new terminal construction site.

Happy Halloween from Classical101! Friday, October 31st's on-air ghoulish playlist features diabolical dances, demonic quadrilles, and suites from a few…