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After weeks at a standstill, Congress wrapped up all the work it was supposed to do in September in just one day, from a veto override, to reaching a deal to keep government open through December 9th.

Married couple Rennie and Brett Sparks talk about making music as The Handsome Family. Critic John Powers reviews the HBO series, Westworld. Berg discusses his film about the BP oil spill.

Sound designers have been competing this week for the honor of "Worst Sound in the World," organized by See Space Labs. Listen to some of the submissions, if you can stand it.

When he was first interviewed by Studs Terkel in 1971, jockey Eddie Arroyo had been racing for 6 years. He said it was the hardest and most dangerous job he'd ever had.

The "come and take it" flag, born of revolution, is a hallmark of Texas pride. But locals are angry that the motto has been co-opted by Second Amendment rights groups and T-shirt sellers.

The proposed legislation would provide tax breaks that encourage people to get things repaired rather than throw them away. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Finance and Consumption Minister Per Boland.

Gustav Perle is a young boy growing up in Switzerland after World War II. And the defining factor in his life is that his mother does not love him. The Gustav Sonata is Rose Tremain's 13th novel.

Theresa May announced that the United Kingdom will begin the formal process of leaving the European Union by the end of March 2017. That means the U.K. will likely be out of the EU by spring of 2019.

More than 200 migrants drowned on Sept. 21 trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, in search of better lives. A survivor explains why he risked the journey.

Pope Francis reached out to Orthodox Christians and Muslims in Georgia and Azerbaijan, and warned Catholics to stand up against gender theory, which he says is a threat to marriage.