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In 1999, Tony Hawk's "900" trick put a fresh spin on skateboarding. Now the board, helmet and other gear he used to land it have sold big at auction. Hawk tells us how it all came together.

Inspired by recent campaigns that have marked notable deaths, Australians create a "prehumous" tribute to a controversial leader: They're putting out their onions for Tony Abbott.

Diamond's life and music are the subject of a new Broadway show, A Beautiful Noise. In 2005, Diamond spoke to Terry Gross about his guilty-pleasure hits, include "Sweet Caroline" and "Cherry Cherry."

This Saturday, November 13, the Oklahoma City based psychedelic rock outfit, The Flaming Lips, will play The Palace Theatre in Albany, New York with special guest, Particle Kid. Touring in support of their 2020 album “American Head,” The Flaming Lips live show offers not only their euphonic offerings from nearly four decades of music creation but also: balloons, confetti, complex and beautiful lighting designs, and inflatable puppets. Wayne Coyne is the front-man for The Flaming Lips and he joins us.

Tony Award Winner Linda Lavin is best known portraying the title character in the TV series "Alice." She is also known for making several stage…

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Congressman Tony Gonzales, a Republican representing Texas' 23rd congressional district, an area that stretches over 800 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border including Del Rio.

With global warming projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, and off on a quest to learn how to live with the "impossible news" of our climate doom. He searches out eight of today's leading climate thinkers and asks them: "Is it really the end of the world? and if so, now what?"His book is "I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor."

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-615920.mp3Albany, NY – Mackenzie Miller is one of the best known names in horse…

In 2001, Michael Finkel was fired for making up a story. Then he learns that a suspected murderer is posing as him, so he gets to know him. The best word for the drama is "dumb," says David Edelstein.

"It's not profound regret," Morrison tells Fresh Air. "It's just a wiping up of tiny little messes that you didn't recognize as mess when they were going on." Originally broadcast April 20, 2015.