There are interview podcasts and then there's Wild Card. Rachel Martin rips up the typical interview script and invites guests to answer questions they've never been asked before about life's ...

January 30, 2025 • Actor, writer and director Jesse Eisenberg says he has had more failures than successes. In this week's Wild Card, he opens up about ambition and his his defense against despair.

With his roles in "Indiana Jones" and "The Goonies," actor Ke Huy Quan was one of the most recognizable child stars of the '80s. And he had big dreams about what he wanted to do next.

He writes about sports and death and love and family, which just so happened to be the kinds of topics they like to explore on NPR's show Wild Card. So here is Hanif Abdurraquib speaking with Wild ...

HUANG: Shannon delved more into his childhood on Wild Card, where guests answer big questions about their lives drawn from a deck of cards. Here's host Rachel Martin. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR ...

The Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 29 this year. NPR wants to know what traditions you uphold to ensure good luck in the year to come. Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient ...

Actor Michael Shannon, known for Shape of Water and Boardwalk Empire, talks with Wild Card host Rachel Martin about how change is the only constant in his life.

Jesse Eisenberg came up with the story for his new movie, "A Real Pain," after seeing an online ad for a tour of Auschwitz. The movie he eventually wrote and directed is about a pair of cousins going ...