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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Ranit Mishori of Georgetown University about the CDC's confusing messaging around wearing masks (spoiler alert: we should probably never have stopped masking indoors).

William Wegman is a beloved American artist known throughout the world for photographs and videos that feature his Weimaraner dogs in a variety of costumes and poses. His work is held in the permanent collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum. He is interviewed on stage by WAMC's Joe Donahue discussing his creative inspiration, craft and career. This was recorded on Tuesday February 27th, 2024.

As states across the U.S. begin lifting indoor mask mandates for the fully vaccinated, there's widespread confusion. Both businesses and customers are struggling over their decisions on mask-wearing.

The Department of Homeland Security says federal agents arresting immigrants are hiding their faces for their own safety. Legal advocates say the practice undermines public trust.

Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?

On May 24th, cultural icon Bob Dylan – and a huge number of his devoted fans all over the world, will celebrate his 80th birthday. Since 1961, his talents…

He's been called many things, including the best carpenter in New York City and the man who builds impossible things.

Director Antoine Fuqua's new film, Tears of the Sun, focuses on atrocities in Africa. It's not a typical neighborhood for Hollywood to visit. But Fuqua peers into the shadows and emerges with a plea: "Try to help." He discusses the film with NPR's Liane Hansen.

Vauhini Vara is a novelist and journalist who has covered technology for the Wall Street Journal and has written extensively on Artificial Intelligence.She was named a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist for her sci-fi/dystopian novel, "The Immortal King Rao." Born into a family of coconut farmers in India in the 1950s, King Rao, the novel’s protagonist, becomes the most accomplished tech CEO in the world and, eventually, the leader of a global, corporate-led government.Vara is also the author of a new book of short stories, "This Is Salvaged."

Aldous Harding is a chameleonic presence on the new album Warm Chris, pulling off one mask only to reveal another underneath.