Sunday Puzzle: Two letters are all you need NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WLRN listener Ann Kritzer of Coral Springs, Fla., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. Will Shortz
Life Kit: Neighbor conflict Trash, noise, parking, weeds — conflicts with neighbors are common. NPR's Life Kit has tips from a mediator on how to settle a dispute with your neighbor. Kyle Norris
Bellevue slated to get its own edition of Monopoly Bellevue will be the first city in Washington state to get its own, officially licensed, edition of Monopoly. What's on the board? That's up to locals. Dyer Oxley
Movie critics dish it out, but can they take it? Ian McKellen stars in 'The Critic' Sometimes, the movies strike back at critics. In the new film The Critic, Ian McKellen stars as a scurrilous theater scribe, the latest in a long history of buffoons and bitter curmudgeons. Bob Mondello
The Eiffel family does not want Olympic rings to stay on the Paris tower To preserve the spirit of the Games, Paris' mayor has proposed making the five Olympic rings installed on the Eiffel Tower a permanent fixture. Now the Eiffel family has gotten involved. Rebecca Rosman
A woman with terminal cancer got to see her daughter graduate — in the hospital This week on "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: Susan Kahn was in the hospital with terminal cancer. She was unable to attend her daughter's high school graduation.
Riding around a merry-go-round in Queens Whether your childhood was ages ago or recent, you might remember a place where reputations are made: the merry-go-round.
Friday the 13th: Why is it considered unlucky? People have been superstitious around Friday the 13th for generations.
Remembering James Earl Jones, legend of the stage and screen Jones, who died Sept. 9, voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King. He started out in theater in the 1950s, and later won a Tony and an honorary Oscar. Originally broadcast in 1993. Terry Gross
A dying father brings 'His Three Daughters' together, in a sharply written film Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon play estranged sisters saying farewell to their terminally ill dad. It's a familiar plot, but writer-director Azazel Jacobs manages to sidesteps cliché. Justin Chang