Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs.

The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.

Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are digesting that one of their own is now the head of the Catholic Church.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.

After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.

The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan.

Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, for trade talks as the Trump administration pushes for progress in its trade wars.

The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduction effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Cairns of Scotland The Big Picture about what rogue rewilding entails.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making." ...

News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his ...