The comedian talks with me about what mental illness has taught her about managing money and allowing herself to be loved. 

After years of working as a physician, Ken Jeong quit to pursue acting. Then his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, and he found himself needing to think like a doctor again.

I talk with the dancer and choreographer about the low-budget beginning of her prolific career, and about dealing with new physical limitations while creating new works in her late 70s.

The writer reflects on her first relationship with a woman, finding the words to talk about experiencing abuse, and the process of writing it all down in her memoir.

A conversation with a psychologist about the importance of friends who cross racial lines—and those who don't. 

Your stories about race and friendship brought up a lot of questions. Our friends at NPR's Code Switch podcast have some answers.

"Friendship is our only social relationship that is purely voluntary. Someone can just walk away at any time." 

What happens inside Planned Parenthood has long been at the center of a raging political debate in the U.S. But we don't often hear from the patients who rely on their clinics for care.

The writer reads an essay about his mom, and explains why she always made New Year's "determinations" instead of "resolutions."