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Fab 5 Freddy recalls how he brought underground art forms mainstream respect

NPR | By Adrian Ma,

Gabriel J. Sánchez, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published March 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM CDT

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Fab 5 Freddy, a pioneer of graffiti art and hip-hop filmmaking, on his new memoir Everybody's Fly.

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Adrian Ma

Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

Gabriel J. Sánchez

Gabriel J. Sánchez is a producer for NPR's All Things Considered. Sánchez identifies stories, books guests, and produces what you hear on air. Sánchez also directs All Things Considered on Saturdays and Sundays.

Patrick Jarenwattananon

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The "Garden Variety" podcast offers tips and tricks for plant parents of all levels

Adrian Ma, Michael Levitt, Mallory Yu

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Charity Nebbe and Aaron Steil, hosts of Iowa Public Radio's Garden Variety podcast.
An Iranian-American writer describes the "vertigo" he feels about the war

Adrian Ma, Daniel Ofman, Michael Levitt, William Troop

Host Adrian Ma speaks with Iranian American writer Nick Mafi about the war in Iran. Mafi says many Iranians in the US are feeling a sense of vertigo because of the conflict.
In Indonesia, a fishing village replants mangrove forests one seedling at a time

Katerina Barton

Over the last 30 years, 40% of Indonesia's mangroves have been cut down mainly to create fish and shrimp farms, destroying local ecosystems. But one small indigenous fishing village is changing that.
Spain offers a different approach to dealing with undocumented migrants

Alexis T. Marshall

Spain plans to give half a million undocumented migrants legal status.
NPR critics revisit the ghosts of Oscars past

Marc Rivers, Stephen Thompson, Adrian Ma

The Oscars are tonight, and not everyone will be happy with who wins and loses. But what if we had a chance to pick the Oscars? This week, we're looking into Oscars past and relitigating some wins.