Caitlin Sanders

Whether you're the "Santa Baby" type or looking to take a more global approach to your December playlist, it's likely public radio has something that fits the order.

NPR teamed up with stations and venues around the country put together more than a dozen holiday music specials this year. The ...

Sonia Mazano spent more than 40 years on Sesame Street, as an actor - her character is Maria, of course - and as a writer for the show. Over the years, she guided Big Bird, Elmo and generations of children through those sensitive, challenging moments that every person encounters as ...

New technologies come with a big asterisk. We can never be sure whether they'll catch on and stick around for more than one or two seasons worth of holiday promotions. As a media organization, we're constantly investigating these new tools – and sometimes creating them – to make things better ...

Now that March Madness is wrapped up - and you've finally trimmed your beard, washed your lucky underwear, etc. - we've got another competition for you to follow. One we have a stake in: the Webby Awards.

This week, we learned that two video projects from the NPR Science Desk ...

There were babies in construction-grade earmuffs and adults in face paint. Bloody Marys at eight in the morning and live tunes extending far into the night.

Public radio stations from all across the country joined NPR Music, locals and visitors in Austin last week during the annual South by Southwest ...

If you're headed to Austin over the next two weeks, we'll see you there!

NPR staff and journalists will be spread out across the city for this year's South by Southwest Conferences & Festivals. Beginning today, the teams will be leading sessions, participating in panel discussions, hosting music showcases and ...

Today we wish the one and only Carl Kasell, official judge and scorekeeper of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, a very happy birthday as he turns 80 years young.

Happy 80th birthday, Carl!

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All month, we've been highlighting some of our favorite NPR Shop products that might find a nice home on your holiday gift list. Red, black and blue NPR Timbuk2 bags, Car Talk license plate covers, and a special collection of cat stories ...

Black Friday. Check. Cyber Monday. Check. Now we're officially cowl-neck deep in the season for combing through catalogs, store websites, shelf-after-shelf of half-organized apparel and umpteen gift guides (usually claiming to be the ultimate), to find that one item that will be someone's favorite this year.

Let NPR save you ...

We like to celebrate great traditions at NPR. Actually, it's fair to say we relish it.

For our first holiday season in our new headquarters, we're building another custom for the public radio cannon: All Crafts Considered. This arts and crafts expo brings together local artists ...

NPR's Ask Me Another put a special Halloween spell during this week's show taping by bringing in an expert in all things scary for the occasion. R.L Stine, the man who sent 90s children running for their flashlights, joined the show this week as a VIP (Very Important Puzzler) for ...

Jonathan Bartlett comes from a small-town-Pennsylvania childhood and landed as an adult in vivacious Brooklyn, NY. Along the way, Bartlett has come into his own as an illustrator recognized for his ability to tell stories, which we also hold near and dear to our hearts at NPR.

So when it ...

This week, NPR reported that "nearly a quarter of all elementary students in the country are now Latino." This is just one more reflection of the changes contributed by this growing population in countless industries across the United States. Over the past 20 years, NPR's Latino ...

We often catch people saying (or typing), "I heard it on NPR." This is pretty edifying feedback for an organization who's mission is to create a more informed public.

Artist and listener Leigh Guldig took this familiar saying, added her own creative expression and turned it into a piece of ...

Submissions are in, and now it's time to choose a winner. We're in the last week of NPR & Threadless t-shirt design challenge, which means we need your help rating the designs. Between now and Monday, Sept. 9, head over to the Threadless site and use the five-point ...

Illustrator Gaby D'Alessandro has loved radio since childhood. At age six, she started her own radio show using a Fisher-Price tape recorder and cassettes that she gave to her friends and family.

And when she moved from the Dominican Republic to New York City, where she was one of eight ...

Illinois-based artist Jillian Nickell took NPR's wide-ranging coverage of topics from the crisis in Egypt to the world of classical music, and channeled them in one lovely design for the new NPR Wall Calendar.

"I wanted to bring them to life, as well as show them ...

"Living in Baltimore, I walk everywhere I go. I love having access to information and entertainment right in my pocket. With NPR playing through my headphones, I feel connected to the rest of the world, learn new things and meet new people. Lonely walks become a time to cherish and ...

NPR's Alt.Latino Host Jasmine Garsd is spending a few months in Mexico City, a city she calls "one of the Latin meccas of music." In addition to researching great stories there, she's been tracking down innovative places to record quality audio.

Garsd posted this photo from one of her makeshift ...

Luke Bott, a Kansas-based artist and KMUW Wichita listener, didn't have to look very far for inspiration when it came to illustrating a piece for the 2014 NPR Wall Calendar. The design came from "memories of [his] dad riding his unicycle around town while listening to NPR."

More of Bott's ...