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Comedic actor Danny McBride scored two major roles last year in the films Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express. Sunday night, he stars in the new HBO comedy series Eastbound and Down, about a washed-up, foul-mouthed Major League pitcher who takes a job coaching gym at his old middle school. McBride talks to host Jacki Lyden about the series, co-produced by Will Ferrell.

A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost.

Pitching great Pedro Martinez, who helped end the Boston Red Sox World Series drought, talks about his new memoir Pedro.

From the Eastern Seaboard to the Pacific Northwest, there's a colorful and compelling roster of political contests on Tuesday. Many of them have national implications, including a gubernatorial contest in New Jersey and a special congressional runoff in Alabama.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Leslie Jamison about her new book, The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath.

The Democrat’s address emphasized nuclear with smaller goals for new renewable energy.

Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Judiciary Committee member and 2020 presidential candidate, about Barr testifying on the special counsel's report. NPR's Tamara Keith comments.

In 1969, oil from an offshore well left beaches in Santa Barbara, Calif., coated with crude and littered with dead birds. The country's reaction helped create the modern environmental movement.

NPR Music's Felix Contreras wraps up the best Latin music entries in this year's Tiny Desk Contest.