Mar 9th, 2010 · He found his footing in jazz through its hard-swinging main stem. But after he'd proved his hard-bop mettle, he took a fork in the road toward electric experimentalism. Now, trumpeter Nicholas Payton seems comfortable pursuing a middle ground. Listen live Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.
Mar 4th, 2010 · The market plunge during the Great Recession has left many people without adequate funds for a comfortable retirement. Only about half the U.S. workforce is covered by some type of an employer-sponsored retirement plan. That means many workers depend on Social Security.
Jan 21st, 2010 · A Haitian woman with two broken legs got good care at a field hospital staffed by the International Medical and Surgical Response Team. Doctors arranged to have her moved to the Comfort, a U.S. Navy ship where she can have a permanent rod placed in each leg. The problem is: she doesn't want to go.
Jan 20th, 2010 · When The Low Anthem came to perform at NPR Music, the band seemed humbled and comfortable sitting on and around Bob Boilen's desk, playing music as if it were hanging around in someone's living room. The group's sullen, spacious music was a perfect fit for the intimacy of an office.
Dec 15th, 2009 · These are All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's favorite albums of 2009, the records he looked to for comfort and pleasure. This year, he says needed songs with stories and melodies, not agitation or anger. Though a dose of vehemence in music is always a good thing, tastes can be influenced by everything from trends to personal needs, and the albums on this list are the ones Bob says he needed the most.
Dec 10th, 2009 · Saoirse Ronan brings an appealing naturalness to the part of a murdered girl looking down on the world that survived her, but our critic says Peter Jackson's film doesn't quite achieve the delicate balance of moods and methods that made Alice Sebold's novel such an oddly comforting tale of horror.
Dec 10th, 2009 · Smoking can kill you and so can the warning labels on cigarettes. Psychologists did a small study of the effects of warning labels that mention death. Apparently a reminder of death makes you feel stress. You then want to do something comforting. Naturally, you reach for a cigarette. Researchers say they'd prefer warning labels that do not mention death such as: Smoking makes you unattractive.
Nov 27th, 2009 · British actress Carey Mulligan has charmed film critics and audiences with her role this fall in An Education. It's won the 24-year-old comparisons to legendary actress Audrey Hepburn. But Mulligan says she has yet to find total comfort in front of the camera.