Weekend Edition

Patrick McIntyre plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Americans spent freely in March, thanks in part to the government's relief payments. Since a lot of that money is still sitting in people's bank accounts, it could finance a lot more spending.

For the first time in decades, Montana will have more than one congressional district. After the news came, GOP lawmakers rushed a bill to set new rules for the state's districting commission.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks California State University, Long Beach administrator Jeet Joshee about the challenges foreign students face getting visas.

Scottish voters go to the polls this week for parlimentary elections which could have a big impact on whether Scotland eventually holds an referendum on independence from the United Kingdom.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Alison Bechdel about her new graphic memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength.

Female gymnasts from Germany wore full-length unitards instead of leotards in a recent competition. Psychology professor Elizabeth Daniels says it's a statement about comfort over outward appearance.

The Biden administration is trying to convince as many adults as possible to get vaccinated, while the president himself is making a pitch for his big economic plan.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks University of Missouri-St. Louis archeology professor Michael Cosmopoulos about the controversy over planned renovations to the Acropolis in Athens.

Fresh off the goat yoga craze, an organization in Florida is offering chicken yoga: yoga in a studio with rescue chickens in diapers. We are not making this up, nor are we judging.

In Australia, farmers are burying underwear to gauge soil health.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Arundhati Roy about the COVID-19 crisis in India and the government response that Roy calls a "crime against humanity."