NPR recommends our favorite books of 2022, including Jennette McCurdy's memoir

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New biographies recount how The Rolling Stones and Soundgarden changed rock music

The Rolling Stones and Soundgarden are two of the most influential bands in the history of rock – and two new books tell their stories. The Rolling Stones by Bob Spitz is a history of the band, but also of drugs, women and feuds. In today’s episode, the author gives Here & Now’s ...  Show more

Laverne Cox on her childhood, 'Walden' and her new memoir 'Transcendent'

Laverne Cox became a breakout TV star at 40 with a starring role in Orange Is the New Black. Since then, she’s become an advocate and role model for trans people, which she says means “invit[ing] people to see trans people as human beings.” In today’s episode, Cox joins All Thing ...  Show more

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