January 7, 2025 • The rising star of the British Kanneh-Mason family offers vigorous Chopin, serene Liszt and a stirring spiritual at the trusty Tiny Desk upright piano.

In this week's StoryCorps, we hear from a former Southwest Airlines employee whose job was to apologize to customers who had a bad travel experience.

At the end of 1999, there was anxiety about a potential computer glitch known as Y2K. Some thought the world would crumble, including some who waited out the apocalypse in an old house in the woods.

2025 could be the year states start battling each other in court. NPR's Elissa Nadworny covers the issue and joins us now to explain. Hey, Elissa. ELISSA NADWORNY, BYLINE: Hello. MCCAMMON ...

NPR reached out to a dozen county clerks across the country and found more than half said they'd seen similar increases. DOUGLAS NEJAIME: I'm not at all surprised. HOGAN: That's Douglas NeJaime ...

And the protests, as NPR's Diaa Hadid reports from Damascus, touch at the heart of a bigger crisis. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking Arabic). DIAA HADID ...

But still, some Christians remain fearful. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi has more. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting in Arabic). HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, BYLINE: Hundreds of ...

Campell The Funeral Chapel, was invited to speak to NPR's StoryCorps, a national storytelling platform dedicated to preserving and sharing the personal stories that shape America. Villanova and ...

Campell The Funeral Chapel, was invited to speak to NPR's StoryCorps, a national storytelling platform dedicated to preserving and sharing the personal stories that shape America. Villanova and his ...