This hour, we’ll talk with NPR’s Susan Stamberg and “Weekend Edition Saturday” host Scott Simon.
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A Conversation With Glynn Washington
Glynn Washington joins us to talk about the art of storytelling behind his NPR show “Snap Judgment.”
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A Conversation With Scott Simon
When NPR host Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother’s deathbed, he captured the hearts of thousands with his poignant, heartbreaking observations. This hour, from NPR headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk with him about his new memoir, Unforgettable: A Mother’s Final Days – And the Lessons that Last a Lifetime.
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Behind The Scenes Of NPR News
As NPR’s vice president for news, Chris Turpin manages close to 400 journalists across the country and in 17 bureaus around the world. This hour, from NPR headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk to him about covering breaking news live on the air, supplementing those broadcasts on the Web and about the behind the scenes work in Washington that makes it all possible.
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A Logophile’s Dream
Queries about sweet soup, the endearment “my boo” and fossil poetry were all on recent episodes of “A Way With Words.” This hour, we’ll talk with the show’s hosts, Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett, about their most frequent questions– as well as the most wacky.
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Tiananmen Revisited
We’ll talk this hour with NPR correspondent Louisa Lim about the People’s Liberation Army’s massacre in Tiananmen Square 25 years ago.
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The Costs Of Covering War
As part of our special Memorial Day episode of Think, we’ll listen back to our interview from last fall with NPR war correspondent Kelly McEvers.
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Reporting From The Trenches
What drives journalists to leave their families and risk their lives to tell the stories of war? NPR’s Kelly McEvers, who worked for NPR as a correspondent in the Middle East during one of the deadliest years on record for journalists, wanted to know.
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Scott Simon's Wonderful Universe
What’s on the horizon in the mighty morphing world of public radio?
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