'Fledgling' is Octavia Butler's unfinished but fundamental legacy This is the KUOW Book Club, and we’re wrapping up "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler. Katie Campbell
Kris Kristofferson, musical rebel and movie star, has died at age 88 Musician and film star Kris Kristofferson has died at age 88. His hit songs include "Me and Bobby McGee" and he starred in dozens of films, including A Star Is Born, opposite Barbra Streisand. Melissa Block
Sunday Puzzle: drugstore scramble NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Northwest Public Broadcasting listener Midge Komenda of Lacey, Washington. Will Shortz
‘SNL’ has always taken on politics. Here’s what works – and why As a historic election looms, Saturday Night Live faces an ongoing challenge to make America laugh – and process an increasingly strange political world. Jean Smart hosts the show’s 50th season premiere on Saturday. Eric Deggans
‘The movie tells you how to make it’: After decades, Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ is here “Every movie I make involves passion,” writer and director Francis Ford Coppola says. “The Godfather is very classical. Apocalypse Now is very wild.” His latest, Megalopolis, is a Roman epic – set in New Rome, a futuristic New York City. Mandalit del Barco
How a grant is helping restore the first Black country club Shady Rest Country Club in Scotch Plains, New Jersey was the first Black country club in the U.S. Big names teed off during the day, and at night, entertainers like Ella Fitzgerald performed.
Celebrating 25 years of 'The West Wing' The critically acclaimed drama went behind the scenes at a fictional White House. We listen to archival interviews with show creator/writer Aaron Sorkin and actors Allison Janney and John Spencer. Terry Gross
Sharp tongued, indomitable, and beloved actress Dame Maggie Smith, dies at 89 Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actress Maggie Smith played everything from wistful ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey. Bob Mondello
Dear Life Kit: My wife wants to use the last of our savings for a 4th round of IVF An NPR listener says they are ready to adopt a child and move on from in vitro fertilization. But their wife is focused on getting pregnant. Andee Tagle
At some nail salons, customers can now get dimension and texture Nail art is going three dimensional. Customers now want texture, along with colorful designs. We went to see what customers are getting at the nail salon. Ana Perez