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As part of a reality show, contestants spent months away from civilization in the Scottish Highlands without TV. They emerged to find out their reality show was off the air.

Mecklenburg County Health Director Raynard Washington joins the program to discuss his masking decision, and we explore what has been described as confusing CDC guidance on COVID-19.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Joan Konsavage from Burkesville, Ky. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WKYU at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.)

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Christensen, Washington orrespondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, about Newt Gingrich's igh-profile rise to the position of Speaker of the House. They also discuss the n-going controversy between the National Park Service and the family of Dr. artin Luther King over who will control a visitor's center which is being built cross the street from Atlanta's King Center For Social Change. (Today would ave been the 66th birthday of Dr. King.)

Clifford's new book is The Lost Fleet: The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from the Golden Age of Piracy. The lost fleet was a group of French ships that sank in 1678 on the reef of Las Aves island, 100 miles off the Venezuelan coast.

A crowded car, 100 miles, three newly orphaned siblings, a chatty stranger, and a whopper of a family secret make for an extraordinarily uncomfortable road trip.

Join Three Bone Theatre for their upcoming production of the inclusive Andy and the Orphans by Lindsey Ferrentino. This show is the first on or off-Broadway production to feature a lead actor with Down syndrome. An extraordinary cast of Charlotte actors are joined by Eddie Barbanell, who originated the role of Andy in the off-Broadway production at The Roundabout Theatre. Eddie is appearing with special permission from Actor’s Equity Association.

Directed by Danielle Melendez, you don't want to miss the show that Hollywood Reporter called “A play that boasts a rich, aching humanity…[featuring] enough hilarious one-liners to fuel a Neil Simon comedy.”

All performances held at The Arts Factory, 1545 W Trade Street.
February 10-25
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m.
This show contains adult language and themes, including trauma to disabled persons, recommended for ages 16+

It's been six months since Russia invaded Ukraine. Florida Democrat Charlie Crist will face GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in November. A former Louisville detective pleads guilty in the Breonna Taylor case.

It’s the highest rate of overdose calls so far this year in a state that has one of the highest overdose death rates in the country.

Joseph Shapiro is a NPR News Investigations correspondent.

It takes a half-hour in a pick-up truck to get to the bottom of a vast underground mine in Sweden — where the country is betting on extracting minerals for electric energy independence.

Democrats want to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Advocates say a living wage is necessary to bring low-wage workers above the poverty line, but others say the result will be job losses. The pros and cons.

Medina Spirit, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has failed a drug test. It's the latest drug test failure for trainer Bob Baffert's horses. He denies any wrongdoing.

The FBI revealed Sunday that Rep. William Jefferson, under investigation for bribery, was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded.

Stuffed portobello mushrooms are the featured entree at tonight's gala state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, thanks to a guest chef who specializes in plant-based cuisine.

The attack in the city of Dadeville came as people were gathering to celebrate a 16th birthday. Authorities have offered little information about a suspect, about the victims and about what happened.

The Southern Baptist Convention upheld the removal of two churches for having women as pastors. The nearly 13,000 voters, called "messengers," voted overwhelmingly to uphold the churches' removals.

On Wednesday, the City of Brotherly Love takes down a memorial to a former mayor and police commissioner who exploited its divisions.

The protesters were starting to disband near the Colorado state Capitol. Some of them blocked the vehicle before it abruptly sped away.

Critic Milo Miles says that in this new collection of music from between the world wars, "the currents of long-ago lives come through: the drudgery of the work that demanded the release of the party, which then required the penance of prayer."

The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal each win two Pulitzer Prizes in journalism. Steve Coll wins the non-fiction prize for Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden.