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Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Hawaiian Pizza Supreme, The Real Doctor McDreamy and The Galactic Federation Revealed.

Carole King wrote songs for others before becoming a performer and writing for herself. In her memoir, A Natural Woman, she details the stories behind some of her most famous songs and her relationships with songwriters like James Taylor, Gerry Goffin and Paul Simon.

There's a reason why certain songs get stuck in our brains, scientists say. They interrupt the musical patterns we expect with surprises that we can't help but notice.

Mark Wahlberg plays a CIA operative trying to extricate a mysterious informant (Iko Uwais) from a fictional country in this disjointed film that underuses Uwais and overuses Wahlberg.

"Hair" was made into a popular movie in 1979 after initial success on Broadway.

Quincy Jones went from performing and arranging to producing. As a record executive, he churned out chart toppers. Always restless, he moved to producing films and TV shows in the 1960s and '70s. Through the '80s and '90s there were more hits: The Color Purple, Michael Jackson's blockbusters and humanitarian work in Africa. At 75, he's still keeping up a blistering pace.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Latin jazz legend Eddie Palmieri about turning 81 and his first album in 10 years, Sabiduria.

Kyle Chayka's newest book explores how online algorithms have shaped modern culture, and what we can do about it.

Napster, a free, online music-sharing platform was created 25 years ago. It didn't last long, but we look at how it made lasting changes to the way we consume music.

Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., which is in the district he represents in Congress.