Peter Breslow
Stories
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Music
'The Last Shall Be First': A Lost Chapter Of Gospel, Saved From Extinction
The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1 is a collection of gospel music first recorded in 1970s Memphis and released for the first time after years spent tracking down master tapes.
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Animals
A New Way To Calculate Your Dog's Age
The old way to think about your dog's "human age" — the age in actual years times seven — is wrong. Researchers looked at aging on the molecular level.
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Music
'A Tribute To Mose Allison' Celebrates The Music Of An Exciting Jazz Master
NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with musician Bonnie Raitt and Amy Allison about the new album, If You're Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison.
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Music
Remembering Henry 'Gip' Gipson
Musician Henry "Gip" Gipson died this week. He ran a legendary blues juke joint in Bessemer, Ala.
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Food
What It's Like To Harvest Seaweed
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro pays a visit to Larch Hanson, who has been harvesting wild seaweed in Maine for more than 40 years.
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A New Bloodsucking Leech Species Found Hiding Outside Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian researcher Anna Phillips led the recent discovery of the new medicinal species. Its superficial similarities to a North American leech species helped prevent its detection before.