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Critic David Bianculli says that being a TV critic right now is kind of like being a sports writer — in a league where 10 new teams spring up every week.

Janelle Jones is the first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department. She says helping marginalized groups boosts the entire economy.

Adam Frank was a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. A professor at the University of Rochester, Frank is a theoretical/computational astrophysicist and currently heads a research group developing supercomputer code to study the formation and death of stars. Frank's research has also explored the evolution of newly born planets and the structure of clouds in the interstellar medium. Recently, he has begun work in the fields of astrobiology and network theory/data science. Frank also holds a joint appointment at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, a Department of Energy fusion lab.

Russell Gackenbach was a 22-year-old second lieutenant on Aug. 6, 1945, when he flew in the Necessary Evil, one of three planes in the mission that dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with Milton Esterow, editor of ARTnews, about this year's list of the world's top 200 art collectors.

The joint interview comes as both the White House chief of staff and Trump's chief strategist have tried to tamp down on reports of dissension between them.

The year in music included so many outstanding songs and albums by women that it's easy to come up with an all-female top 10.

Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association.

Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, was arrested on Friday in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal sexual misconduct. He was later released and has returned to China.

Playboi Carti's supersized blockbuster MUSIC holds at No. 1 in its second week of release. Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar's "Luther (feat. SZA)" holds at No. 1and Morgan Wallen charts a fifth top 10 hit from an album that isn't even out yet.