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Two teens make posters with a mysterious phrase, and end up starting something they can't finish. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kevin Wilson about his new novel, "Now Is Not the Time to Panic."

Singer-songwriter Jessy Wilson was ready to walk away from music until her song "Keep Rising" was chosen as the closing anthem for the movie The Woman King.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Douglas Keith of the Brennan Center for Justice about why money is pouring into state judicial campaigns.

George Booth, known for decades of wacky cartoons in the "New Yorker," died this week at the age of 96.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to author Claire Alexander about her new book "Meredith, Alone." When the book opens, its protagonist hasn't left her house in 1,214 days.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the man who puts "weird" both in his name and the new tongue-in-cheek biopic about him: "Weird" Al Yankovic.

Scott Simon talks to Robert Friedman about his piano. It was once owned by Thomas Edison and has bite marks that are likely the inventor's.

In advance of Veterans Day, we hear from Diane Evans and Edie Meeks, two women who served on the front lines of the Vietnam War, about what sustained them through some of their toughest moments.

Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, he owes creditors billions of dollars and he is wasting no time cutting costs.

Election Day is Tuesday. Many people are already voting and both issues and tribalism are driving their votes.