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NPR's team of pop-culture commentators is live-blogging tonight's Academy Awards. Watch along.

Baby boomers with the skill are retiring and not enough young people are replacing them. In Georgia, inmates are given access to heavy tools and blowtorches so they can get a welding certificate.

In his memoir Do No Harm, Henry Marsh confesses to the uncertainties he's dealt with as a surgeon, revisits his triumphs and failures and reflects on the enigmas of the brain and consciousness.

San Diego State received the eighth seed in the South Region Sunday and will begin play in the NCAA men's basketball tournament against ninth-seeded St. John's Friday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Mat Johnson's funny, humane new novel follows a biracial man coming to terms with his identity — and the daughter he never knew about. Michael Schaub calls it a "beautiful, triumphant miracle."

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app + Encores Saturday, June 28 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, June 29 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, June 30 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Find out how the historic town of Julian was founded after the U.S. Civil War and how it survived the Gold Rush of the late-1800s. You'll want to take a step back in time as we tour the town's historic cemetery, gold-mine and talk with the grandson of the town's founder, Drue Bailey.

The 39-year-old mayor of San Antonio is Hispanic and a rising star in the Democratic Party. He succeeds Shaun Donovan, who was tapped to White House budget chief.

Bowie died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, according to a representative. He released his latest album, the critically acclaimed Blackstar, on Friday, which was also his 69th birthday.

When Renee Powell's premiums exceeded her mortgage payments, it was upsetting. But it's just one way health care costs rise for many voters.

Airs Monday, July 9, 2018 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, July 11 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2