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On Winged Victory, songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlisle about the 11 tracks of originals and covers.

In Meg Medina's new novel, a young girl becomes a sea ghost and must learn to find meaning in the afterlife. She talks to NPR's Scott Simon about "Graciela in the Abyss."

The Supreme Court has limited the ability of the lower courts to curtail the power of the president. We look at the court's end-of-term blockbuster decisions, as well as their implications.

Israeli media reports that Israeli soldiers were ordered to shoot at Palestinian civilians trying to get aid in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the report, calling it "blood libel."

The annual Budapest Pride event has been banned by Viktor Orban's government. But NPR's Rob Schmitz tells Scott Simon it's going ahead anyway.

A new book, The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future focuses on the reasons why younger Americans are having less sex.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to author David Litt on his memoir "It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Pursuit of Common Ground."

Filmmakers stuff the killer-robot sequel with extraneous plot threads, but preserve the B-movie appeal of the original.

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

The Minnesota lawmaker was killed during a string of attacks against Democratic elected officials in the state.