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We asked listeners to write advertisements for all the wonderful things that can't be bought. Along the way, we discovered something delightful: Whole classrooms sent us their sales pitches.

History hasn't been kind to the British royal who lost the Colonies. But a project that launched Saturday plans to digitize over 350,000 letters and papers that may humanize the much-maligned monarch.

Many women in the news business cited Mary Richards, the role Mary Tyler Moore played on her eponymous show, as an inspiration. NPR's Scott Simon notes she inspired men, too, and showed a lot of grit.

The Salesman is the latest work by celebrated Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi. Based on Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, the film explores the life of a young couple in Tehran.

After President Trump suspended immigration from seven countries, permanent residents have been detained at airports across the country.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with a US veteran about his former Iraqi translator, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, who was stopped at JFK Airport last night while entering the country to join his wife.

Journalist Evan Osnos talks about tech executives who are prepping for doomsday. Maureen Corrigan reviews A Really Good Day. Director Kenneth Lonergan discusses Manchester By The Sea.

Bilal Askaryar fled Afghanistan with his parents and grandmother when he was five, as the country was descending into civil war. He reflects on his family's experience as refugees in this commentary.

President Donald Trump's refugee ban in the Middle East could be one of the first conflicts of interest for the president, as his bans avoided nations that he has business ties in.

Jonathan Ellis, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, talks about confirmation bias and its impact on our daily lives.