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Kelly Braffet's Last Seen Leaving follows a mother's search for her daughter, a twentysomething drifter who doesn't really want to be found. But that's just one of the stories being told in this novel.

Audio cassette tapes are selling well — even though they don't sound very good and they are not as retro cool as vinyl records.

Linda Holmes' annual list of highlights from pop culture includes TV, movies, games, podcasts, TikTok videos and whatever else made the year a little easier.

Artist Ronald Wimberly uses a cartoon essay to tell us this story: He was drawing a Marvel character who's Mexican and African-American, so he drew her brown. But his editor had different ideas.

Fifty years ago, a basketball-sized satellite went into orbit. Sputnik's successful launch ushered in vast changes in space exploration and in relations between two superpowers. For one commentator, it was the beginning of a more personal journey.

Legendary musician Trini Lopez has died of coronavirus complications in a Palm Springs, Calif., hospital at the age of 83. NPR remembers his life and legacy.

What do you do when you're 43 and still overwhelmed by student-loan payments? Reflect on past decisions, plug away at the future and warn others not to get into the same mess.

Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share an epic, exuberant cut from The Polyphonic Spree. Plus the experimental folk-rock group Akron Family, Sweden's Goat, electronic music genius Jon Hopkins & more.

Hear a new song by Boards of Canada on this week's All Songs Considered, along with a Sharon Van Etten-Shearwater duet, the funktacular Thundercat, folk singer Laura Veirs and more.

This week's show features new bands (The Arcs, featuring Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys), new music (from Widowspeak and Joan Shelley) and amazing stories (from — and about — Beauty Pill).