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Sopan Deb's parents had an arranged marriage, but they were "a bad match from the start," leading to years of unhappiness and estrangement. He writes about it in a new memoir, Missed Translations.

An NPR listener says her friend pings her morning, noon and night, even if she doesn't respond. She'd like to say something, but she's afraid it will hurt her friend's feelings.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Margie Bright Matthews, a Democratic senator from South Carolina, about President Biden's visit to the state and what he needs to do to bring out the Black vote.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with gun violence expert and emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney about the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Musician Oliver Tree died this month at the age of 32. NPR's Scott Simon spoke with Tree in 2023 for his album "Alone in a Crowd" about seeking self-love after viral fame.

President Trump is scheduled to deliver a primetime address from the White House focused on election security, though details about the speech are slim.

If Watchmen taught us that you can use superheroes to excavate the cracked foundations of the American experience, Lanterns seems content to linger in the shadow of another HBO prestige genre series, True Detective.

If you're looking for an end-of-summer escape you can't go wrong with The Intrigue, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Under the Falls, by Richard Russo, or The Blue Flame, by George Pelecanos.

The crossover hits stacking Grammy nods this year have little in common with the culture that birthed them — but they're winning the chart game.