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Just in time for spring training, Emily Nemens, editor of the Paris Review, tells NPR's Scott Simon about her new novel. It's a look at preseason baseball's strivers and dreamers, on-field and off.

Some census advocates are worried the agency isn't moving fast enough to hire the enormous number of workers it needs to carry out the 2020 count.

They charge that news of a new pneumonialike illlness was kept from the public for weeks — and that social media accounts are being shut down if certain types of comments are made.

Will Boston regret letting Mookie Betts go? Which NBA teams look tougher after the trade deadline? Howard Bryant of ESPN breaks it down for NPR's Scott Simon.

Reggae's biggest ambassador would have turned 75 this week, had he not died four decades ago from cancer. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ziggy Marley about his father's legacy.

Actor Kirk Douglas died at the age of 103 this week. NPR's Scott Simon remembers the movie that Douglas made after his pivotal role in Spartacus.

Our panelists predict, we'll ask our panelists, after cooking, what will be the next naked activity that will take the nation by storm.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: DIY Dying, Dogify and Java Confections.

Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's documentary centers on a Chinese-run factory in Ohio. Justin Chang reviews Beanpole. Eilene Zimmerman writes about her ex-husband's drug-related death in Smacked.

Aside from times of genuine national crisis, it is hard to recall a week with as many events of political significance as the one we have all just witnessed.