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Bassist extraordinaire, composer, arranger, educator, curator and administrator, Christian McBride, has been one of the most important and most omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years. Sometimes hard to believe considering this man just entered his 40's.

As the Republican leader of the state Senate, Phil Berger is the most powerful man in North Carolina politics. For weeks, he's been pushing for random…

Bob Clark plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Two Triangle-area finalists competing in NPR's College Podcast Challenge explore sound and storytelling with Due South's Leoneda Inge.

North Carolina has won $70 million more in the federal government’s Race To The Top grant competition. The second award will go to early childhood…

Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.

Who really killed JFK? Why does the water taste funny? What goes on at Area 51? Paranoia is justified in movie classics about nefarious plots reaching to…

To Ashley Christensen, a restaurant is not just a place where you sit down to eat. It’s an entire concept. She carefully plots an immersive experience for…

The cost of the 2012 election will top a record $6 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If you find it difficult to visualize that figure, here are a few other ways to think about what $6 billion could buy.

The Tar Heels aren’t the only team from North Carolina that will be playing in the NCAA women’s tournament. Joining them will be N.C. State, one of the tournament’s top seeds, and Charlotte.