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Host and fellow northlands explorer, Leah Lemm, returns with another installment of Northern Voices. For this chapter, Leah shares her conversation with artist Kent Estey at his place in Naytahwaush, Minnesota.

If successful, Trump's move would install a loyalist at the helm of the network. A U.S. judge found Trump appointees illegally violated Voice of America's journalistic independence in his first term.

On Episode 40 of Northern Voices, Leah Lemm chats with artist, multicultural educator, and storyteller Wendy Savage. Wendy Savage is an enrolled member of the Fond du Lac Reservation, The Lake Superior Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. She received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and has been showing her art since 1978. Northern Voices can be heard on KAXE/KBXE and at KAXE.org

NPR's analysis of Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show 52% of detainees in the last year were held in rural areas, where legal representation is limited and deportation is more likely.

A group of DC-area universities have formed an initiative to combat gun violence. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the presidents of two participating schools: Gregory Washington and Patricia McGuire.

Alumni of Gillespie's many different bands still get together to ensure that his dazzling songwriting gets heard with the power and verve it demands. The Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars (the big-band edition) played a special celebration with the vocal quartet New York Voices, live from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to ring in 2009.

All you need is a 15-second recording of someone's voice to recreate an eerily good AI version using a new tool from Open AI. Even the company says there's great potential for misuse.

Trump senior advisor Kari Lake envisions the agency that includes the international broadcaster Voice of America with 81 staffers after mid-August — down from about 1,300 full-time employees and contractors.

In some rural areas, births have dropped by three-quarters since the late 1950s, and hospitals are shuttering labor and delivery units, leaving mothers little access to care when they need it.

The Capital Area Food Bank says it distributed more than 30,000 pounds of fresh produce on Saturday to federal workers impacted by the ongoing partial government shutdown.

Thousands of dead fish are washing up on the shores of the San Francisco Bay area. Scientists say the red tide causing the fish kill is likely driven by climate change and human wastewater runoff.

Even with the upgraded 988 mental health hotline, there are still some callers who need to be connected with in-person services. In rural areas especially, those resources remain few and far between.

A Georgia man accused of killing eight people at Atlanta-area spas received four life sentences without parole. He faces four other murder charges in Atlanta where he could receive the death penalty.

One of Edith Piaf's famous hits was "La Vie En Rose" but... how about "La Vie En AI"? A new biopic about the singer will be made using artificial intelligence to recreate her voice and image.

Grand Rapids Players' production of "These Shining Lives" begins this weekend, Sept. 15-16, 2023. Area Voices producer Andrew Dziengel interviews Director Rachelle Randle and Assistant Director Nathan Bergstedt about the play.

Unsigned and living in a van, Hoop took the Los Angeles area by storm with only a demo recording. Several years later, she has a fully fleshed-out major-label album, one that draws on sundry sounds and shape-shifting voices.

At some point in our lives, many of us realize that the way we hear our own voice isn't the way others hear us. This gap has consequences. It shapes how we see ourselves and how others see us.

All Things Considered host Robert Siegel speaks with Sari Nusseibeh, the newly appointed top political representative for the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem, on the path for peace and the need for moderation and reason in the Middle East.

We hear some of the conversation about Tuesday's election from around the country. First, we hear talk among the patrons of a diner in Portland, Maine. Then, from San Francisco, California, NPR's Richard Gonzales has a report on what people are saying at a local coffee house. And, from Rochester, New York, we'll hear some of what's being said at a beauty shop there.

Jubilant Sykes is an artist who feels at home with all kinds of music -- from Bach to Billboard to Broadway standards. With his latest CD, "Wait For Me," the baritone singer adds folk, pop and gospel to his repertory. All Things Considered host Michele Norris talks with the classically trained musician about his passion, his faith and his fierce work ethic.