This week on the podcast, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we have two stories of enduring romance.

Guitarist Marc Ribot discusses pieces by Frantz Casseus, Ornette Coleman and Chocolate Genius.

This week on the podcast, two stories about people taking a winding path to find their professional place.

Recorded live at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon, The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre presents Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” streaming on WYPR just in time for the author’s 215th birthday.

This week on the podcast, two stories about young folks in the working world getting on the job experience they never expected — or wanted.

This week on the podcast, two stories about how Christmas is not everyone’s cup of mulled wine.

Drummer Kassa Overall is steeped in jazz and has played with some of the greats, but he also came of age with hip-hop, and his polyglot solo work reflects a mix of those traditions. In this episode, he discusses how music by Ahmad Jamal, Digable Planets, and John Coltrane guided his art.

Dr. Sacoby Wilson is joined by Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. at the 9th Annual CEEJH Symposium. They discuss people, power and politics.

This week on the podcast, two stories about repping Hanukkah in the land of Christmas.

Kurt Vile talks about how tunes by Lou Reed, the Pixies and Thelonious Monk shaped his work.