Sandra Cota’s world had grown quiet. The busy pace of her life had slowed in recent years, replaced by long days in her Bronx apartment where the low drone of the television filled the silence between ...

Sometimes friends have a special song that means something to them and only them. For a dog and robot in the animated film "Robot Dreams," it's an Earth, Wind & Fire song - "September." (SOUNDBITE OF ...

Coming out of the pandemic, the whole world was thinking about loneliness and isolation. I was just reflecting on that – the experience of being lonely, not having meaningful connection in your life, ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with director Pablo Berger about his new animated film, "Robot Dreams," about a lonely dog in New York City who buys a robot to keep him company. Sometimes friends have a ...