The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1995, 2001 and 2005 about poetry, Sept. 11 and his concerns about how intertwined politics and religion had become. Carter died on Dec. 29 at age 100.

When former President Jimmy Carter died at home in Plains, Georgia, the 100-year-old former president was under hospice care – leaving life on his own terms. The one-term president lost his bid ...

The death of former President Jimmy Carter hits close to home, quite literally, for Rita Gross of Butler County. "It was very sad," Gross said. She and her family live on a street in Oxford named ...

The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1993, '95, '96 and '98 about growing up on a Georgia farm, entering politics and his advocacy for human rights and peace. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.