Greenspan has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 100 years old.

During his chairmanship, Greenspan was celebrated as possibly the best central banker in history. But later, his reputation was tarnished by the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

In the Season 3 premiere, a new dragon enters the chat and the Battle of the Gullet is in full swing.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WYSO listener John Blakelock of Yellow Springs, Ohio along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Homophobia lives, and stalks, in Adrian Chiarella's debut feature.



This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Caro Claire Burke and panelists Karen Chee, Peter Grosz, Shane O'Neill

What's brown and sticky? A stick, of course. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Paul Silvia, a psychology professor at UNC Greensboro, about new research on what makes a good dad joke.

Judy Blume wrote her last book more than a decade ago. At the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, NPR's Scott Simon talked to Blume about her long career and why she doesn't miss writing.

At Free Shakespeare in the Park in New York, real weddings are happening every night after a production of Romeo and Juliet. But don't those characters die?

Burrows spent his career behind the camera specializing in situation comedies. Few viewers recognized him or knew his name, other than to see it flash quickly on the screen in the opening credits. But they knew his work.