Arabic Numerals were introduced to Europe by Leonardo Bonacci. Bonacci, better known as Fibonacci, hailed from the 13th Century Republic of Pisa. If not for Fibonacci, we would all be using ...

January 22, 2026 • In 1926, a generation of artists was born that reshaped jazz for decades. This episode celebrates eight centennials, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson, Tony ...

Meara covers streaming service news for CNET. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in journalism. When she's not writing, she likes to dote over her cat, sip black coffee ...

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon shares heartfelt offering for Minneapolis with new song and rare return to the stage. Novena Carmel hosts KCRW’s signature music program: Genre-spanning discoveries and ...

January 30, 2026 • O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, ...

The totality of today’s Economic Update is devoted to exploring (1) the multiple ways that capitalism imposes class warfare on its people, and (2) how class warfare shapes the capitalist system’s ...

As influenza cases reach a twenty-five year high, a look at the complicated history of long lasting post-viral conditions. Medical anthropologist Emily Mendenhall considers how the medical ...

On Thursday's show: We take a closer look at the upcoming Artemis II mission, which will send American astronauts around the moon for the first time in decades. The governor said public universities ...

President Trump is in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, and the fate of Greenland is on everyone's mind ... Anti-ICE protesters who stormed a church in Minnesota are now under ...

The Swede is nearing two decades of life playing hockey in the states, which has deprived him of his favorite Nordic delicacy, but taught him to focus on shorter, explosive workouts. The man behind ...