Country star Merle Haggard is larger than lif...

Writer and The Office star B.J. Novak says that when his friends started having kids, he would connect with their children by reading books aloud. He began to pay attention to what would make kids laugh and eventually “printed and glue-sticked and paper-clipped” his own book that ...  Show more

It’s been almost one year since Heti, the main character of Laleh Khadivi’s Female Life on Planet Earth, lost her mother. But when details from her mother’s secret past resurface, Heti must grapple with what it means to know someone, womanhood and how to grieve parts of her mothe ...  Show more

As the country star’s new album earns the biggest debut of the year, a conversation about the nature of his fame and the scope of his reprimand for using a racial slur. Guest: The New Yorker's Kelefa Sanneh. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify ...  Show more

Kentucky singer/songwriter Sturgill Simpson was in his mid-30s when he found fame as a country artist in Nashville. He had already lived a full life including a stint in the Navy, and years spent working in Salt Lake City rail yards. His outsider status in Nashville boosted his o ...  Show more

In the US he’s a country music superstar. Here he’s Mr Nicole Kidman. Today - why Keith Urban is not the artist you thought he was.  Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This epi ...  Show more