Robert Siegel

Conan's voice graced this network for many years in many ways, always in the name of wonderful radio. Former NPR host Robert Siegel, a longtime colleague of Conan, remembers his friend.

A book about the song "God Bless America" shows how early popularity of the Irving Berlin song, which debuted in 1938, reflected pre-war anxiety and sparked an anti-Semitic and xenophobic backlash.

The native New Yorker came to NPR in Washington, D.C., 40 years ago on what he hoped was an unfortunate but necessary detour. Now, after three decades hosting All Things Considered, he's retiring.

The second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 is a powerful and haunting piece of classical music. It's also a favorite of NPR's Robert Siegel. He explains why, and explores other recordings inspired by the allegretto.

The new anthology, edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar, aims to make century-old stories — of flying Africans, quizzical animals and even Uncle Remus — available to new generations.

Nearly two months after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, a shortage of debris removal trucks is slowing down the recovery effort for some cities along the coast. Many trucks have been lured to Florida by higher rates, leaving Texas cities to fend for themselves. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with officials in Groves, Texas about how they're improvising.

In 1955, a little known Canadian pianist recorded the Goldberg Variations. The album launched Glenn Gould's career and popularized Bach's music. Now the complete recording sessions have been issued.

In one half inning, batters got to first base without touching the ball in four different ways. That's not happened in major league history in over 2 million half innings.

Last night was one of the worst in U.S. men's soccer history. An embarrassing loss to Trinidad and Tobago means the team will not make the World Cup for the first time since 1986. What happens now?

The director's innovative production of Hopscotch, which unfolds across the city of Los Angeles, deploys over 125 performers, six composers and a fleet of limousines.

Marvin Kalb's new book is about a very interesting year — 1956 — that he spent on a diplomatic mission to what was then the U.S.S.R. It's part memoir, part context for understanding the Cold War.

Y.A. Tittle was a famous quarterback for Louisiana State University, the San Francisco 49ers, and the New York Giants. Robert Siegel spoke to him back in 1995.

The music mogul has spent decades shaping the careers of artists who would grow into superstars. A new Apple Music documentary aims to tell his story.

Investigators still have not identified a motive in last week's mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas. The Clark County coroner will announce new findings in a press conference.

The numbers out of Las Vegas are staggering: 59 dead, more than 500 wounded. This is how the nation's deadliest mass shooting in modern history played out.

Opioid painkillers prescribed by dentists have helped fuel the nation's addiction epidemic. Dental schools are teaching the next generation of dentists that there are other ways to treat pain.

The musician and historian behind the long-running stage show Banjo Dancing has a new album of banjo and guitar showpieces that span the late 19th century and well into the 20th.

From his cancer diagnosis to his dramatic return to Washington to casting a decisive "no" vote on the health care repeal, Sen. John McCain had an eventful week.

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing sweeping changes to how it regulates cigarettes and related products, including reducing the amount of nicotine allowed in tobacco cigarettes.

Compensation in recent years for the CEOs of the largest U.S. health care companies has far outstripped the wage growth of nearly all Americans, an investigation by the news site Axios has found.