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On this week's show, Audie Cornish is with us to talk about the latest Steven Spielberg project and about the long career of its star.

Instead of architects creating buildings only for those who can afford to commission them, what if anyone could design and build their own houses? Designer Alastair Parvin says it's possible.

New media expert Clay Shirky explains how the ideas behind open source have been used for centuries: from the Enlightenment to the digital era.

A group called the Centrist Project wants to help elect a handful of independent, centrist U.S. Senate candidates in 2016 and 2020. North Carolina is…

Also this week: an interview with Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Alphabet and formerly the chairman and CEO of Google.

Tesla — the electric car company beloved by environmentalists and the auto press — has hit a rough patch. A rave review from Consumer Reports has been reversed, and now Tesla's Model S is no longer recommended by the magazine. A self-driving feature introduced recently has also led to some hair raising moments behind the wheel documented online.

The Planet Money team explains how to make $3 trillion disappear, which is what the Federal Reserve will be trying to do. It created the money after the financial crisis to try to help the economy and lower interest rates. But now that the economy is improving the money could eventually create inflation or cause bubbles.

New Orleans has had its fair share of high-profile crime problems. Now residents are set to vote on a sales tax hike to fund more state police officers in the French Quarter.

On Sunday, Guatemalans go to the polls to pick a new president. The contest is between a former first lady and a comedian with no political experience and a simple slogan: "I'm not corrupt nor a thief." The vote follows months of turbulent politics in the Central American nation that led to the resignation and jailing of both the vice president and president.

Screenwriter Abi Morgan's new movie focuses on the working-class women who fought for votes in the U.K. before World War I. She tells NPR she had no intention of making a polite British costume drama.

NPR Music contributor Erika Ramirez charts the viral ascent of Drake's new music video — and some of the conversations flourishing in the background.

The New York Mets may be amazing, but Daniel Murphy is basically on another planet. The second baseman has hit a homerun in a record six consecutive postseason games, powering the Mets to the National League pennant. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Jonah Keri of Grantland about the Mets' performance so far this postseason.

The storm that hit Mexico's coast Friday night with 165 mph winds has weakened from a Category 5 storm to a Category 1, causing less damage than expected.

The Colorado River is arguably the most allocated river in the world. Drought and climate change have left less water to go around, and that has every state that relies on the river scrambling.

Many adopted the names of famous soccer players like Lionel Messi, the Times of London reports. One man changed his name to Bacon Double Cheeseburger.

And researchers predict things are going to get worse — their findings suggest sea levels will rise between 1 to 4 feet by 2100.

An interactive map on Atlas Obscura explores alternate capital cities — not of countries, but products, events and states of mind. George Pendle explain the origins of the toilet paper capital, more.

At the University of Tennessee Tuesday, 16 of the university's head coaches held a rare joint press conference. They defended the university in the wake of a federal sexual assault lawsuit.

In Harrison Township, bits of black material fell out of the sky, striking homes and cars. Investigators concluded the area had been bombed with high quantities of bird poop.

A story on a pioneer. Broadcaster Bea Thompson deserves that title. In 1980, Thompson was a reporter at WBTV when she was promoted to morning anchor. She…