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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss sports and issues pertaining to sports,

The congressional redistricting fights that President Trump sparked in Texas, California and other states have led some advocacy groups to reconsider their strategies against partisan gerrymandering.

In Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro is on trial, accused of attempting to overturn the 2022 election. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Gustavo Ribeiro of The Brazilian Report about what's at stake.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Greg Ip, The Wall Street Journal's chief economics commentator, about the jobs report, tariffs facing legal challenges, and U.S. government investment in private companies.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Bob Bragg, host of "Farm News and Views", about how cuts to public broadcasting are affecting rural radio stations.

Mick Herron's "Slow Horses" novels center on MI5 operatives who've bungled cases and are demoted to a spooks' purgatory. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Herron about his 9th in the series, "Clown Town."

John T. Woods has been told to "Play dead" many, many times. NPR's Scott Simon talks to the actor about a career littered with corpses.

At Russ & Daughters, it takes three months to learn how to slice salmon. NPR's Scott Simon visits the 100 year-old appetizing store to try his hand at the fine art and talk about their new cookbook.

In India's bustling megacities, honking is a common form of communication among drivers. But in this case, one person's language is another person's noise pollution.

On this day in 1898, Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Civil War veteran who served disguised as a man in the Union Army, passed away. Also, in 1964, Beatlemania hit Detroit's Olympia Stadium with two concerts during the Beatles' North American Tour. Fans could buy tickets for just $2 to $5, and a local radio station sold squares of the band's bedsheets to eager fans.