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"I'm trying to keep hope, because everyone is leaving, bro," says Ahmad Hikmat, Content Director of Capital FM in Khartoum. "I am losing my team one by one."

Once A Symbol Of Freedom, Sudan's Pop Radio Station Has Fallen Almost Silent

Sudan's revolution ushered in an explosion of culture. But the military crackdown has nearly muted the most popular pop radio station. A once-vibrant cultural space is now struggling for survival.

T.I. performs a Tiny Desk Concert on July 13, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR).

T.I.: Tiny Desk Concert

In the fifteen years since he released Trap Muzik, Tip Harris has reinvented himself a thousand times over. But the stories he recounts from that era make his Tiny Desk a memorable one.

IWW meeting reenactment. "Bisbee '17" follows several members of the close-knit community in Bisbee, Ariz., a former mining town, as they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation, when 1,200 immigrant miners were violently taken from their homes by a deputized force, shipped to the desert on cattle cars and left to die.

POV: Bisbee '17

Airs Monday, July 15, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, July 18 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2

Review: The Go! Team, 'Semicircle'

On its fifth album, the English band crafts a rich and playful swirl of Technicolor overdrive, suitable for rowdy keggers, children's birthday parties and just about any celebration in between.

Leyla McCalla's The Capitalist Blues comes out Jan. 25.

First Listen: Leyla McCalla, 'The Capitalist Blues'

On her bustling third album, the former Carolina Chocolate Drops member maps her vision of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora while gently taking Anglocentricism (and capitalism) down a notch.

Ann Kim, owner of Hello Pizza in Edina, Minn., holds a Sicilian pan pie and a Hello Rita pizza. "Women can make progress in pizza that is harder in the macho restaurant world," Kim says.

In Male-Dominated Pizza Circles, Women Are Grabbing A Bigger Slice Of The Pie

Men have long commanded the pizza-making scene, creating what one female champ calls a "macho problem." But that's starting to change as more women open pizzerias and gain recognition in the field.

Sleater-Kinney and St. Vincent in the studio.

New Sleater-Kinney Album, Produced By St. Vincent, Confirmed For This Year

Guitarist Carrie Brownstein tells NPR, "We always planned on getting back in the studio — it was just a matter of when."

Hurricane Dorian is predicted to strengthen into a major Category 3 storm before reaching Florida's coast early Monday, the National Hurricane Center says.

Hurricane Dorian Will Hit Florida As A Major Storm, Forecasters Say

In the next four days, Dorian's winds could top 115 mph — making it a Category 3 storm — the National Hurricane Center says.

Jenny Lewis Puts Her Emotions 'On The Line': 'It Can Get Ugly Sometimes'

Lewis speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the catharsis of making her latest album, On the Line, and grappling with accusations made against her album collaborator, Ryan Adams.

Parquet Courts' album, <em>Wide Awake, </em>is out May 18

The Outrage, Angst And Optimism Of Parquet Courts' 'Wide Awake!' Track By Track

Members A. Savage and Austin Brown talk white privilege, violence in America and the need for love as they break down the band's new album, Wide Awake!

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