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Europe's Jews began to fight their way out of the ghettos during the tumult of the French Revolution. It's the focus of Michael Goldfarb's new book, Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance. Guy Raz talks with Goldfarb about how that liberation paved the way for thinkers like Marx, Freud and Einstein.

Among the shows with the most nominations this year are Squid Game, Better Call Saul and Succession.

Afghan cleric and senior Taliban leader Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed in an apparent suicide attack in Kabul on Thursday.

At 94, Mike Nussbaum is reportedly the oldest working stage actor in the country. He is currently starring in a play at the Northlight Theatre in Skokie, Ill.

The gospel-punk band's self-titled debut couches its invective in feedback, guitar noise, bruising drum machines and Franklin James Fisher's guttural howls.

NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

Fifteen years after his last solo album, the Eagles singer returns with a country record full of guest stars, including Dolly Parton, Martina McBride, Merle Haggard, Mick Jagger and many more.

Albert sensors alert local governments to potential hacking attempts. But in Washington state, this cybersecurity tool has become the subject of suspicion by some on the political right.

Black holes have become fixtures in science fiction. They’re potent symbols of mystery in part because we know so little about them.

"It’s possible that the most important thing my mother did for me was to not see herself primarily as the mom of a disabled child."