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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with conductor Marin Alsop and violinist Nema Robinson about the importance of mentoring young musicians.

NPR's Scott Simon asks historian and Atlantic magazine writer Anne Applebaum how different right-wing movements are in Europe and in the U.S.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Robert Shrimsley of the Financial Times about the election in the UK, when the incumbent Conservative Party lost badly.

As part of our StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative, we hear from two veterans who volunteer with disaster relief operations, Michael Davidson and Windy Barton.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Rabbi Tamar Manasseh about a recent shooting right outside a community center she set up on Chicago's South Side, and her fear for the safety of the children who use it.

As NATO leaders prepare to meet in Washington next week, Ukrainian leaders say they have made huge sacrifices to defend the ideals of the alliance and want a clear path to membership.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Joyce Maynard about her latest novel, "How the Light Gets In," which is a sequel to 2021's "Count the Ways."

NPR's Scott Simon asks Liz Moore about her new novel "The God of the Woods," set in the Adirondack mountains in 1975. Moore also wrote 2020's best-selling "Long Bright River."

NPR's Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.

Unalaska City officials say the cause of the fire at Eagle's View Elementary School does not appear to be suspicious in nature. Firefighters responded to a fire at the school on Wednesday night shortly before midnight. The fire’s cause was unknown and there were no people were injured in the blaze.