Culture

The author of "Children of Blood and Bone," the hottest YA debut of the season, talked to us in the weeks leading up to launch and discussed what it's like to be part of a cultural movement.

Here are the novels whose narratives are set in motion, in part, due to the power of an eclipse.

Instead of seeing the people outside of our bubbles filtered through polarizing narratives, how can we learn to understand their perspectives and hear them — in their own voices?

A new Audible documentary series, '100:1 The Crack Legacy,' traces combative policing’s roots to extreme policies made during the 1980s 'war on drugs.'

'On The Media' host Bob Garfield talks to MacArthur Fellows, or 'Geniuses,' in his Audible series 'The Genius Dialogues.' From their success stories comes this advice for graduates (or anyone).

Listeners sit in on real sessions with the renowned couples therapist in Audible's new series 'Where Should We Begin?'

As the poet John Cougar Mellencamp said, "I can be myself here in this small town." Some of the most unapologetic, memorable characters in fiction live in small towns, which are themselves laden with secrets and contradictions.

The famously angry comedian channels fans’ rage in a new Audible comedy series.

We have always been drawn to the worst-case scenario in fiction, as evidenced by the resurgence of "The Handmaid’s Tale" and others. But why? Research sheds some light.

Watch (or read) Audible high school intern N'Kaela Webster's interview with world-famous griot Alhaji Papa Susso, and see him perform one of his songs.

In Audible’s new series ‘Sounds Like America,’ Roy Wood, Jr. and other comedians find the funny in our great divides.