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Gen. Sherman burned the plantation down on his way to Savannah, and now the descendant of the planter and the grandchild of that planter's emancipated slave delight in sharing their story.

He was the founder of The Temptations, whose smooth five-part harmonies and synchronized dance steps made them one of the hottest of Motown's super groups. Their hits included My Girl, Just My Imagination and Papa Was a Rolling Stone. He is the only surviving member of the original group. The Temptations have just released a new CD called Ear-Resistible. (9

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with musician Booker T. Jones about his life in music and his new memoir, Time is Tight: My Life, Note by Note.

Brooks' stable childhood with parents Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft stands in contrast to the wild stories he tells in novels like World War Z and Minecraft: The Island.

As part of our occasional series My Fellow Americans, Chicago Public Radio reporter Catrin Einhorn profiles real estate agent Jan Smith. This profile is part of a multimedia exhibit called "Daily Meaning: Life Inside America's Service Industries," developed in cooperation with Chicago Public Radio.

Mistakes are made. If the health insurance marketplaces screw up in calculating subsidies for consumers, it's the individual who is likely to be on the hook for repaying the excess.

Earlier this month, Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, 65 years after its release. We revisit her conversation with NPR's Scott Detrow.

Craig Foster spent a year diving — without oxygen or a wetsuit — into the frigid sea near Cape Town, South Africa. One octopus began coming out of her den to hunt or explore while Foster watched.

Slater Dixon is a junior at Augustana University studying Government and Data Science. He was born in Sioux Falls and is based out of SDPB's Sioux Falls studio.

With seven state football championships at two different schools, and experience coaching basketball and cross country, Arlin Likness has built a legacy as one of South Dakota’s most accomplished high school coaches. He joins Craig Mattick on this episode of In Play.