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Scott talks to Coach Russ Gray of Georgia's Glascock County High School Panthers basketball team about what it took to break a 62-game losing streak.

Scott Simon talks with Georgia Tech Transportation Professor Lawrence Frank. Frank is the author of two studies linking suburban sprawl to obesity.

Scott talks with William 'Woody' Woodworth about the death of his friend, 'Fast Eddie' Parker, who claimed to be the inspiration for The Hustler's Fast Eddie.

Kate Seelye reports 10 years after the fighting ended, Beruit appears to be thriving, although things are far from perfect.

Simon/Ketzel: Scott talks to our gardening guru, Ketzel Levine, who's attending Seattle's annual Northwest Flower and Garden Show. The show, which is bursting with the latest in floral design, is a reminder to frustrated gardeners that spring is just around the corner.

Robert Costa's book Peril, which he co-wrote with Bob Woodward, goes inside Trump's war room on the eve of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Costa says the 2024 election could trigger a constitutional crisis.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the NBA All-Star game, which marks the halfway point of the basketball season.

President Bush got his full Cabinet faster confirmed than most presidents do. But like his predecessors, he is finding the filling of other high appointive offices is far more troublesome and time consuming. NPR's Pam Fessler reports that the people who do most of the heavy-lifting in policy-making have yet to be named.

NPR's Renee Montagne reports on a group of six Thai elephants that have been honing their musical abilities. They just released their first CD. Hear a song from that CD entitled Temple Music. You can find out more at www.mulatta.org. (6:43-8:20)

Russell Lewis of member station KPBS reports from San Diego on how the new administration and its promises of more pay are being received by the troops.