Elena Burnett

Don Schlitz, Grammy Award-winning writer of 'The Gambler,' remembered

Elena Burnett, Justine Kenin

Grammy-winning country songwriter Don Schlitz passed away this month at 73. He was the writer behind songs such as Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" and Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen".
Spy novelist James Wolff dives deep into psychology of espionage in new book

Elena Burnett, Mary Louise Kelly, Courtney Dorning

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with James Wolff, the pseudonym of a former British intelligence officer who now writes about them in spy novels. His latest book is Spies and Other Gods.
At 86, Ian McKellen is still taking on new projects like 'The Christophers'

Sarah Handel, Mary Louise Kelly, Elena Burnett

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sir Ian McKellen about playing a sour painter in The Christophers and why the 86-year-old actor hopes to never retire.
The secret campaign within the Pentagon to bring AI into combat

Elena Burnett, Mary Louise Kelly, Courtney Dorning

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson about her new book, Project Maven, and the secret campaign within the Pentagon to bring AI into combat.
Sen. Cory Booker stood for 25 hours — now he takes a 'Stand'

Juana Summers, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Elena Burnett

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat of New Jersey, about Stand — his new book on American civic ideals — and his political future.
Brooklyn baker Tanya Bush on her new cookbook, 'Will This Make You Happy'

Scott Detrow, Elena Burnett, Jeanette Woods

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tanya Bush about her new cookbook. She writes about a tumultuous year in her life filled with challenges and self discovery -- through baking.
In one week, war has swept across the Middle East

Juana Summers, Michele Kelemen, Alejandra Marquez Janse, Elena Burnett, Tara Neill, Barrie Hardymon

Nearly a week into a new and widening war in the Middle East, some of the U.S.'s closest allies in the region and beyond are trying to contain it.