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<em>La Braderie, </em>by François Watteau (known as Watteau of Lille) shows vendors, buyers and a bit of chaos at a Braderie in the late 19th century.

Centuries-Old Flea Market In France Canceled This Year Over Terrorism Fears

La Braderie de Lille was first recorded in the 12th century. The annual two-day fair, with mussels, music, drinking and all-night haggling, was reportedly last canceled for World War II.

A Bellwether Refresher: The States Most Likely To Mirror National Election Outcome

A bellwether is usually a state or county that signals how the whole country will go. But some look to baseball to predict the next president.

A group of children at the Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Cookbook writer and photographer Barbara Massaad visited the camp and was particularly touched by the Syrian children she met there. She wanted to raise awareness about the plight of Syrian refugees, so she decided to write a cookbook.

'Soup For Syria': Chefs Share Recipes To Raise Funds For Refugees

A charity cookbook featuring soup recipes from Alice Waters, Anthony Bourdain and others, famous and not, has raised $300,000 so far for displaced Syrians. Why soup? It's a universal comfort food.

Parade-Goers In New York React To Orlando

WNYC's Jessica Gould has reaction to the Orlando shooting from the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City.

Muhammad Ali Biography Reveals A Flawed Rebel Who Loved Attention

"I don't think we do Ali any good by treating him as a saint," says biographer Jonathan Eig. "He was a human being, and he was deeply flawed." Originally broadcast Oct. 4, 2017.

The Future Of Cuban Sci-Fi Is 'Super Extra Grande'

In Super Extra Grande, Cuban sci-fi author Yoss imagines a world where faster-than-light travel has brought humanity into contact with a vast array of strange and marvelous intergalactic creatures.

Mississippi state Sen. David Jordan, who was a college student in 1955, remembers the relaxed atmosphere in the courtroom during the trial. "Even the jury were laughing," he says.

6 Decades Later, Acquittal Of Emmett Till's Killers Troubles Town

The murder of the 14-year-old black boy and subsequent trial before an all-white jury was an early landmark in the civil rights movement.

With President Clinton presiding, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed an interim peace accord at the White House in 1993. Twenty years later, President Obama is heading to the region with peace efforts in the deep freeze.

Has The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Been Downgraded?

Forging peace between these two protagonists was long seen as the holy grail of American diplomacy. But as President Obama visits, expectations are low and the conflict feels much less urgent than it used to.

Jeremiah Tower is the subject of <em>The Last Magnificent</em>, a new documentary on his crash-and-burn career. It was produced by Anthony Bourdain, who feels that Tower has been denied his due in the American culinary pantheon.

A Watergate Villain Walks Into A Berkeley Restaurant. What Could Go Wrong?

A new film profiles influential chef Jeremiah Tower. When one of the most hated men in U.S. politics walked in for dinner at Berkeley's famed Chez Panisse, where Tower worked, a colorful scene ensued.

Law enforcement officers at the scene of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City, on the day after the blast injured dozens.

One Blast Injured Dozens In Chelsea. I Saw A 2nd Device Shortly Afterward

NPR Books editor Petra Mayer was in the Manhattan neighborhood on Saturday when she saw what looked like a pressure cooker on the sidewalk. Suddenly she found herself at the heart of the night's news.

Left: Jon, Center: Gwen, Right: Michelle

The Kids Of Bowery's Hardcore 'Matinee,' Then And Now

On the Bowery in the '80s, Richard Avedon protégé Drew Carolan captured the mien of a subculture centered on midafternoon expressions of anger and community. The hardcore kids ain't kids no more.

John's Water Ice, A Philadelphia Institution

While in Philadelphia for the DNC, Michel Martin visited a South Philly institution to taste a Philly classic: water ice (also called Italian ice). John's Water Ice has been open since 1945.

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