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Ketzel Levine speaks with clematis collector Brewster Rogerson, who has worked in relative obscurity for three decades amassing a rare legacy of this flowering vine (pictured at left). Now 81, his eyesight is failing -- and he's anxious to secure the future of his collection.

The Blind Boys of Alabama's new album Higher Ground features the singing group working with a full band and covering popular tunes flavored with their distinctive gospel style. On Weekend Edition Sunday, a talk with founding member Clarence Fountain.

Walt Harrington, a former Washington Post writer and self-confessed city slicker, discovered the joys of hunting late in life. As Harrington tells NPR's Eric Weiner for All Things Considered, he came to embrace a sport he once viewed as "archaic" beginning one Thanksgiving when his father-in-law gave him a 12-gauge Browning shotgun.

For hundreds of years, an ancient part of Kabul called Kharabat Street was synonymous with Afghan music. But these days, Kharabat Street is in ruins, the music silenced by decades of war. Morning Edition's Renee Montagne reports on efforts to bring back the music in the final segment of NPR's series "Re-Creating Afghanistan."

Buying a home has become a lot more expensive. Democrats are trying to balance multiple global crises ahead of fall's midterm elections. The drive to unionize Starbucks stores is gaining ground.

Medicare officials announced on Thursday that the health insurance program for older Americans will sharply limit coverage of a costly and controversial new Alzheimer's drug.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dara Ferguson, incoming president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, about the Senate confirming judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

A private space crew is heading to the International Space Station, but it's not just a tourist trip. The crew will advance the understanding of how space affects human health.

Higher mortgage rates and home prices have pushed the monthly payment to buy the median-priced home in the U.S. up more than 50% since the start of last year. Many first-time buyers can't afford it.

Gianna Paniagua, who's had life-long heart problems, talks to her mother, Lourdes Matamoros, about her dream of becoming a doctor. Paniaqua is currently finishing her pre-med program at Columbia.