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Cynthia Erivo says being different had "something to do with" her role as Elphaba in 'Wicked: Part 1.'

Kern and Hammerstein's show is not just a serious opera or musical comedy, but a marriage of both.

On this week’s 51%, we continue our series talking to women religious leaders. Rabbi Debora Gordon discusses how music can help build connection and community. And we also speak with soferet Julie Seltzer about the art of writing and transcribing holy Jewish texts.

What do Soul Train and Whitney Houston tell us about race in America? In his book, A Little Devil in America, the culture critic traces the history of Black performance through moments in pop culture.

Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak is a health policy correspondent on NPR's Science Desk.

Now that she manages a full newsroom she files less regularly for NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition. In 2009 she was part of an NPR series on America’s Battalion out of Camp Lejeune, NC following Marine families during the battalion’s deployment to southern Afghanistan. And because Wilmington was the national test market for the digital television conversion, she became a quasi-expert on DTV, filing stories for NPR on the topic.

Quil Lawrence is a New York-based correspondent for NPR News, covering veterans' issues nationwide. He won a Robert F. Kennedy Award for his coverage of American veterans and a Gracie Award for coverage of female combat veterans. In 2019 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America honored Quil with its IAVA Salutes Award for Leadership in Journalism.

By Julia Taylorhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-523042.mp3Kingston, NY – As British Prime Minister Tony Blair and…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-990640.mp3Albany, NY – On this edition of Vox Pop Tony Yang and Peter Mui of…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-981468.mp3Albany, NY – Sarah LaDuke speaks with two-time Tony Award winning actress…