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TED Fellow Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer working in Beijing — until she picked up a banjo. She tells the story of the remarkable connections she's formed touring across the U.S. and China while playing that banjo and singing in Chinese.

Educator John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board — and lets his fourth-graders solve them. He explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids and why the complex lessons it teaches go further than classroom lectures can.

Because the concert was recorded for broadcast on WCRB radio, the ‘wow’ went viral. Poet and author Todd Boss was among those who heard it, and he wrote a children’s book inspired by the event.

The band's Grammy-nominated cover of "The Sound of Silence" seems to come out of left field — until you learn where lead singer David Draiman first cut his teeth as a performer.

This is one of the coolest things you'll see this week.

The French guitarist, whose playing can be heard throughout Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, discusses his new album and the enduring influence of Django Reinhardt.

In a sketch featured on SNL, comedian Ramy Youssef played a musician excited to be on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series, but who keeps getting interrupted by a 35-year-old intern played by Bowen Yang.

It's been 50 years since "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" released to an uncertain future.

Guinea worm is a parasite once found across Africa and parts of Asia. Since the Carter Center started working on the cause, the disease has been nearly eradicated.

A 17-year-old student in Arizona recreated the opening scene from the movie La La Land and used the song to ask the actress Emma Stone to prom.