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Red tape: it's everywhere. Public policy expert Cass Sunstein offers insight with his new book, Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do About It.

Education and musicians in residence fuel a robust contemporary classical scene in the Texas city. It's supported by the success of the Houston Symphony and local public radio, which has helped build an open-minded audience for music that's both cerebral and fun.

Conductor Marin Alsop examines the rarely heard music from early in Aaron Copland's career. With an ear toward Copland's bold and sometimes jazzy rhythms, Alsop says that listeners can hear hints of the wide expanses that would later open up in music such as Appalachian Spring.

Joe Kahn, the incoming executive editor at The New York Times, is replacing a newspaper legend — while facing challenges to traditional hierarchies from a younger generation of journalists.

For the first time in more than a decade, there are a lot more plays going out on tour. Typically, musical productions such as Phantom of the Opera are the shows that go on the road. But classic plays such as Twelve Angry Men are taking their production out for a tour.

Technology enabling virtual fences for pets is now being adapted for livestock. Ranchers near Yellowstone National Park are testing its ability to keep cows safe from grizzly bear attacks.

Adrian Florido speaks with Joshua Benton of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University about the increasing number of news deserts.

The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne says Barack Obama's call for a windfall profit tax on oil firms is an answer to the GOP's emphasis on offshore drilling. David Brooks of The New York Times says though a windfall tax may be good politics, it's bad economics.

Employees at The New Yorker and other Condé Nast publications protested outside Anna Wintour's house Tuesday night: the culmination of months of negotiation with their parent company over wages.

From 'Elden Ring' to 'Immortality,' 2022 delivered long-anticipated titles and ambitious indie games. NPR asked staff and contributors to list their favorites.