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The question: Name Popeye's favorite food? Eve Dubois' answer: chicken. Oops, no not that Popeyes. The correct answer was spinach, as in Popeye the Sailor Man.

NPR's Noel King talks to Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, about the latest protests in Iran and how they differ from other demonstrations there.

Acting was once a marginal occupation. In Shakespeare’s time, actors were considered not much better than vagabonds, and even into the 20th century the…

Even in its heyday, the arpeggione was an odd instrument; it's kind of a cello/guitar hybrid. Tonight we'll hear the sonata Schubert wrote for it,…

This year, some homes in California may be asked to participate in two head counts. To check the accuracy of the 2020 census, the state is sending out its own workers to survey certain neighborhoods.

In the early 1960s, saxophonists Davis and Griffin co-led a jumping two-tenor band. A live recording of their 1962 Seattle show is now available on Ow! Live at the Penthouse.

The announcement comes a month after a Saudi national opened fire at a naval base in Pensacola, Fla., killing three sailors. Attorney General William Barr called the shooting an act of terrorism.

Videos appear to show security forces using live ammunition, which Iran's government has denied. The demonstrations erupted after Iran acknowledged that it accidentally shot down a passenger plane.

Bitcoin promises users anonymity, but transactions using China's digital currency would be tracked by its central bank. Experts say it could someday rival the dollar in international payments.

Twenty years ago this month, NPR launched a multimedia program called All Songs Considered — which grew out of host Bob Boilen directing All Things Considered.