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Halloween is here with all its stories of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. In a century-old corner bar in Milwaukee, Wis., it's a radio doing the haunting.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with research professor Peter Gray about the connection between the decline of children's mental health and the decline of independent play.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian National Initiative, about the intensifying violence in the Hamas-Israel war and its impact on the West Bank.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with horror scholar and filmmaker Rebekah McKendry about her favorite horror movies of the year and the ideas that tie them together.

The former FTX CEO was keen to convince jurors he did not intend to commit any crimes — but he stumbled frequently under withering questioning by the prosecution.

The former Illinois congressman reflects on confronting the "fanaticism of the hardcore" of his own party. Kinzinger served on the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

The grim news of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine — and a spate of shootings over the weekend — has again cast a spotlight on the gun violence death rate in the U.S..

Carmen Maria Machado, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is known for her spooky stories. After Talk of Iowa's ghost tour in Cedar Falls, she breaks down what makes ghost stories stick around.

Messi has now won 12% of all men's Ballon d'Or trophies. Both of this year's winners are midfielders who led their national teams to long-awaited World Cup victories.

Physicist Carlo Rovelli is unique among modern scientists who write for popular audiences in his ability to capture the purest essence of his science with both precision and lyricism.