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Host Scott Simon reads from listeners' letters about the American dream series and last week's interview with Eugene Levey.

President Obama spent the last two days on the road, campaigning in Ohio and Pennsylvania. NPR's Scott Horsley wraps up the president's trip and his effort to put a positive spin on the monthly job creation numbers and jobless rate.

Trash carts are arriving in Tulsa.Why is that news?It is the carts for Tulsa’s new trash service that is to begin on October first. The company,…

The Whittier Square Historic District is Tulsa’s newest addition to the National Register of Historic Places, an honor administered through the National…

The Israeli musician discovered his instrument through a set of childhood coincidences. He tells the unlikely story and discusses Bach, his new album.

Juan Pujol Garcia lived a lie that helped win World War II. Nicknamed for the enigmatic actress Greta Garbo, Garcia's own performance was so convincing he fooled Hitler himself.

The Nashville band discusses its new album, Carry Me Back, and explains how its 2004 hit "Wagon Wheel" arose from an unfinished song sketch by Bob Dylan.

Ranchers endured a tough time during the seven-year Texas drought in the 1950s. But last year was the hottest, driest period in the record books. As the state braces for another arid summer, it is getting more serious about finding new sources of water.

Drones are a divisive issue among Yemenis. Some support the U.S. and Yemeni governments' efforts to target militant groups. Others complain that the drone strikes kill too many civilians and remain distrustful of the Yemeni government and the U.S. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks about the consequences.

In Crazy Brave, Joy Harjo recounts how her early years — an abusive stepfather, the hardships of teen motherhood — suppressed her artistic gifts and nearly broke her. "It was the spirit of poetry," she writes, "who reached out and found me as I stood there at the doorway between panic and love."