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  • Why Summer Is A Good Time To Talk Cash With Kids
    Summertime isn't just for lollygagging. Many teens are working hard to pick up a few dollars. But how can parents prevent kids from squandering hard-earned cash and save some for the future? Host Michel Martin gets tips from financial expert Alvin Hall.
  • Do Egyptians Consider Morsi's Ousting A 'Coup?'
    Host Michel Martin continues her conversation about Egypt's turmoil and its future. She speaks with Abderrahim Foukara of Al-Jazeera, and Egyptian protestor Heba Gamal.
  • Rich Halley and his quartet play with Bobby Bradford at the Penofin Jazz Festival.
    Two New Jazz Albums Recall The Wide Open Spaces of The West
    Oregon saxophonist Rich Halley takes inspiration from the Wallowa mountain range on his new album Crossing the Passes. On Boss of the Plains, Chicago-based trio Wheelhouse makes music that evokes the Great Plains and wind chimes on a porch when the weather changes.
  • WestSouthwest: The future of WMU's East Campus
    The chairman of Friends of the Historic East Campus David Brose weighs in on plans for the university's original campus. On the debut of WestSouthwest…
  • WestSouthwest: Innovation Center marks 10 years in Kalamazoo
    It's been ten years since the Southwest Michigan First Innovation Center was launched in Kalamazoo. The business incubator was originally started to help…
  • The play "8" goes over the trial to overturn the ban on gay marriage
    On Sunday, Mason Street Warehouse in Saugatuck will put on a performance of the play 8, based on a California trial to overturn Proposition 8 which banned…
  • Hans Massaquoi told his story in <em>Destined to Witness: Growing up Black in Nazi Germany</em>. The former managing editor of <em>Ebony</em> magazine died on his 87th birthday last Saturday.
    'Ebony' Editor Began Life Black In Nazi Germany
    Long before becoming managing editor of Ebony magazine, Hans Massaquoi yearned to be a Hitler Youth. His rare story came to an end when Massaquoi died this week at the age of 87.
  • Dave Barry's 'Insane' Miami Mixes Refugees, Gangsters, Escorts And A Burmese Python
    In Dave Barry's latest novel, a bachelor dinner goes off the rails, entangling the groom to be with a colorful cast of characters — everyone from Russian mobsters to Haitian refugees to the fourth-place finisher in the Miss Hot Amateur Bod contest. Oh, and an albino Burmese python.
  • President Obama "strongly but respectfully disagrees with the ruling" on recess appointments by a federal appeals court, says White House spokesman Jay Carney.
    Court Ruling Upsets Conventional Wisdom On Recess Appointments
    In a bombshell decision, a federal appeals court panel has invalidated President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Legal experts say the ruling deals a big victory to Senate Republicans in an era of congressional gridlock, and could push the issue to the Supreme Court.
  • As Apple Flounders, Samsung Gains Strength
    Apple, Inc. is no longer the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. This week, Exxon took that spot at the top of the NASDAQ, after Apple reported profits that were lower than expected. Host Scott Simon speaks with New York Times op-ed columnist Joe Nocera about the latest Apple news, and the company's rivalry with Samsung, which seems increasingly on the upswing.
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