Bringing The World Home To You

© 2025 WUNC North Carolina Public Radio
120 Friday Center Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919.445.9150 | 800.962.9862

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

Ada Limón reflects on her tenure as the poet laureate and bringing us back to wonder

By Matthew Cloutier,

Mary Louise Kelly, Sarah Handel

Published April 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM EDT

US Poet Laureate Ada Limon reflects on her term and the urgency of connecting to nature through poetry

Matthew Cloutier

Matthew Cloutier is a producer for TED Radio Hour. While at the show, he has focused on stories about science and the natural world, ranging from operating Mars rovers to exploring Antarctica's hidden life. He has also pitched these kinds of episodes, including "Through The Looking Glass" and "Migration."

Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly is a co-host of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine.

See stories by Mary Louise Kelly

Sarah Handel

Stories From This Author

Chicken thighs pass chicken breasts in price and popularity

Kat Lonsdorf

For decades in the U.S., chicken breasts were pricier and more popular than chicken thighs. But that seems to be changing.
Autism community advocate reacts to RFK Jr. autism announcement

Courtney Dorning

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jill Escher, president of the National Council on Severe Autism, about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's remarks this month on autism.
A student protester in danger of deportation tells his story from detention

Jan Johnson

In his first interview since being detained, pro-Palestinian advocate Mohsen Mahdawi tells NPR he was arrested after arriving for what he thought was a citizenship test.