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  • Who's Bill This Time?
    Legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Mitt Makes His Pick; Joe Unchained!; The 55 Ways to Honor a Magazine Legend.
  • Bluff The Listener
    Our panelists tell three stories about struggling businesses improving customer service.
  • The quayside at Compagnia della Vela in Venice, Italy, is largely deserted. Authorities have targeted yacht owners as part of a crackdown on tax evasion, and many boat owners have sailed to other countries in the Mediterranean.
    Italian Yacht Owners Weigh Anchor To Dodge Taxes
    Italy is cracking down on notoriously wily tax evaders in an effort to reduce its huge debt. Yacht owners have become a prime target, with authorities conducting surprise dockside inspections. But many boat owners have taken pre-emptive measures and simply sailed off into the Mediterranean.
  • Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan holds up a Green Bay Packers jersey during a campaign stop at the Iowa State Fair.
    If Politicians Went On Vacation, We'd All Get A Break
    NPR's Scott Simon says voters and candidates might benefit if more politicians took real vacations — if they went somewhere, for at least a short time, where no one knows them. Where they don't have to ask for votes, money or spout talking points.
  • Egypt's new president, Mohammed Morsi, has promised to improve the lives of ordinary Egyptians during his first 100 days in office. But Morsi, shown here in July, is dealing with multiple challenges, including an economy that has been struggling since last year's revolution.
    Egypt's New Leader Struggles To Fulfill Big Promises
    The list of Egyptian grievances is long, and President Mohammed Morsi has promised to deliver results in his first 100 days. As one poor family is discovering, it will take longer than that.
  • Fighting Continues To Scar Syrian Cities
    Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Anthony Kuhn about the latest events form Syria, where this week the fighting has continued in Aleppo and elsewhere.
  • For Julian Assange, A Tricky Exit For Asylum
    Ecuador granted asylum to Julian Assange this week, but Britain says it still intends to arrest the WikiLeaks chief the moment he steps out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London and extradite him to Sweden for questioning about alleged sexual assaults. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon has one way he could get out — via diplomatic mail.
  • France To Hollande: Time To Get To Work
    When Francois Hollande won the May presidential elections, many in France were pleased to have a down-to-earth guy, after the hyperactive, sometimes chaotic presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. But Hollande's personal life has proven to be almost as complicated as Sarkozy's, and many are beginning to think his governing style is a bit too relaxed.
  • In Wall Street 2.0, Computers Are King
    Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks to Sean Gourley, physicist and founder of quid.com, about the computers that trade stock shares faster than human minds can comprehend.
  • Week In Sports: The Nationals And Steven Strasbourg
    Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Howard Bryant about sports this week and the Nationals' plans for star pitcher Steven Strasbourg.
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