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Fresh Air critic David Bianculli watches more TV than anyone he knows. He found it impossible to come up with a top 10 list this year — and is reveling in the abundance of exceptional shows.

'Tis the season for a handful of familiar Christmas songs to monopolize the top spots on the Billboard pop chart. But a few newer songs are making a play to join the annual holiday jukebox.

This year, the animal kingdom was filled with triumph, loss and new discoveries. Here is a look at NPR's top animal stories of 2024.

A new program created for Central Floridians in underserved communities to embark on health care careers and a path to a better life. Central Florida Public Media Education Reporter Danielle Prieur drops in for a year-end wrap up of her coverage in 2024. A new Mills 50 natural wine bar facilitates community connections as a "third place" for socialization.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a residential building.

Accounts in overdraft and office overspending. County officials take their next step in the month-long feud.

Stories from men conscripted into the Syrian military help explain why it collapsed.

Critics argue that people planning to live through an atomic blast aren't focusing on the real and current dangers posed by nuclear threats.

Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat who joined the Republican party this year, is facing an uphill battle to win Senate confirmation as country's top intel chief.

NPR visits first person to get a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney two weeks after undergoing the historic procedure.