Kurt considers the shockwaves surrounding the final installment of modern literature’s most beloved English school boy, Harry Potter. Will JK Rowling really bump off the little wizard? We'll hear from obsessive pre-teens, child psychologist Wendy Mogel, and Sara Nelson, the editor of Publishers Weekly, ...

Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America, offers a brief history of taking the plunge. Produced by Hadara Graubart.

For three years NASA has had two Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) on Mars -- two all terrain robots taking extraordinary pictures of the red planet every day. A third, the Phoenix will be sent up this August. Sarah Lilley talked to NASA scientist Jim ...

This weekend, the pianists Amy Hamann and Sara Hamann are making their debut with the Minnesota Orchestra -- and it's a milestone for the Minneapolis natives. Even though the classical repertoire for two pianos is limited, the sisters will be playing an 18th century ...

In 2005, if you were lucky enough to catch her quirky and beautiful indie movie called "Me and You and Everyone We Know," you know that Miranda July (who wrote, directed, and starred in the film) is a huge talent. And she has just published a book ...

Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin performs from her new album, "Children Running Through." And she tells Kurt why she decided to disguise a war protest tune as a love song.