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Former basketball star and ESPN reporter Jay Williams has a new podcast with NPR. It's about getting beyond a successful person's resume and learning about their motivations and back stories.

"It was like a spontaneous poem," filmmaker Gus Van Sant says of his seven-part collaboration with Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele. It's the centerpiece of the virtual festival GUCCI Fest.

The so-called "freedom convoys" are exploiting populist grievances and are amplified by social media and grifters seeking to make a buck.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with bestselling author Marlon James about his latest novel, Moon Witch, Spider King.

During lockdown, gyms were out of the question. But some people felt more comfortable exercising at home, and companies hope to keep attracting new users by making VR apps more addictive and fun.

Prices for gas, food and other items are rising. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Cecilia Rouse, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, about what the White House is doing to bring down inflation.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

"There is a history in all men's lives," William Shakespeare wrote, and there are few better places to find out about his life and legacy than the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Host Scott Simon visits the library with Weekend Edition's literary detective, Paul Collins, for a look into the vaults that hold early Shakespeare folios.

One person has died and multiple residents are injured after a tornado touched down in New Orleans during Tuesday’s severe weather event.

Farai Chideya talks with Newsweek national correspondent Allison Samuels about the latest Hollywood news. Today, we discuss The L.A. Times' retraction of a story on Tupac Shakur, Spike Lee's ongoing struggle to fund his movies, and Terri Vaughn's new documentary, Angels Can't Help but Laugh.