Jeanette Woods
Stories
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Brooklyn baker Tanya Bush on her new cookbook, 'Will This Make You Happy'
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tanya Bush about her new cookbook. She writes about a tumultuous year in her life filled with challenges and self discovery -- through baking.
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Here are the names of the 6 Air Force airmen who died when their refueling plane crashed
On Saturday, the U.S. Defense Department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft crashed.
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Paralympics star Oksana Masters shares her experience with this year's Games
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Paralympic athlete Oksana Masters about her experiences at this year's Games in Italy.
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Remembering Colman McCarthy, who wrote about peace at 'The Washington Post' for years
Colman McCarthy dedicated his life to peace — from training to be a monk, to teaching and writing about peace. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with his eldest son, Jim McCarthy, about his father's legacy.
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After 25 years, Gorillaz band members are still cartoons but the music is very real
Gorillaz, the animated band, burst on the scene 25 years ago. NPR's Juana Summers talks to musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, the band's creators, about how it has evolved.
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Hidden Levels podcast explains how the industry has grown from the arcade into a global juggernaut
Last year, the video game industry generated around $190 BILLION in revenue. More than the music and film industry combined. How did this medium go from the arcade into a global juggernaut? That's the subject of a new podcast series called Hidden Levels.
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'I witnessed him call America to live up to its ideals,' Sen. Raphael Warnock on Jesse Jackson and America's voting rights
Senator Raphael Warnock talks about the legacy of the Jesse Jackson.
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The 'Zipper Queen' volunteers at repair cafes to restore busted zippers
Michelle Elise is known in repair cafe circles as the "Zipper Queen." She finds that most broken zippers just need some TLC, not replacing.
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Ghanian musician Ebo Taylor, a pioneer in the world of modern highlife music, has died
This week the Ghanian musician Ebo Taylor died at 90 years old. While he was not well known in the U.S. he was a star in Africa, and a defining force in highlife music.
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The Trump administration's efforts to end TPS for Haitians was blocked — for now
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's efforts to revoke Temporary Protected Status for some 330,000 Haitian immigrants in the U.S., for now.