There is something unexpectedly uncomfortable about walking into a completely silent dining room. You notice it immediately. The stillness feels heavier than ...

How important are voices? President Trump officially fired the head Archivist of the United States, the director of an agency considered the nation’s recordkeeper. Historical records are the voice of ...

For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion or survival. Nature supplied the backdrop – wind, water, animals – and music surfaced in hunting ...

“We used to use our culture to understand cancer. Now we use cancer to understand our culture.” (From NPR interview of Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of ...