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The State is a fictional mini-series about people who join the Islamic State airing on the National Geographic channel. Scott Simon talks with its writer and director, Peter Kosminsky.

It happened in China. One of the men who reportedly assaulted them was their school principal. We talk to the director of a documentary about this case.

The new season of the Netflix's wonderfully entertaining historical soap opera carries Queen Elizabeth II's story into the mid-1960s and '70s, when Britain's post-war afterglow has faded.

Guyger fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean thinking he was an intruder in her own apartment last year. Jean, who was black and unarmed, was shot while watching TV and eating a bowl of ice cream.

"I'm proud of you my son, Brandt. Your load is lighter," Allison Jean wrote on Thursday, after her son forgave and hugged the woman who killed Botham Jean.

The actor stars in Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama The Newsroom, playing an anchorman inspired to give up fluff pieces and return to hard-hitting journalism. The series returns for a second season starting July 14.

Russia is hosting this year's Paralympic Winter Games, but people with disabilities are often have a tough time living regular lives in the country. CBC Sports Reporter Signa Butler explains.

Three great sports writers join NPR's Scott Simon to discuss the new anthology, Football: Great Writing About the National Sport. We hear from John Schulian, Jeanne Marie Laskas, and Frank DeFord.

The late-night talk show, imported by BBC America, has been around for years. TV critic David Bianculli says it's never been better — it's like eavesdropping on an all-star cocktail party.

The company's popular new ad for "period starter kits" has lightened the mood on a difficult subject, but NPR's Laurel Dalrymple thinks tween angst is hard enough without petty family battles.

What if I told you that an ordinary-looking wave hitting your beach had traveled, intact, halfway across the planet? Would you believe me? Well, believe this.

Jennifer Glass was a newlywed when she was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. "I'm doing everything I can to extend my life," she says, while advocating for a right-to-die law in California.