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Host Scott Simon talks with Weekend Edition Sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the fact that for the first time he and Ron correctly predicted the winner of a major sporting event, the Angels winning the World Series.

Host Scott Simon reflects on the 911 operator who cut of a call from one of two men now accused of sniper-style shootings in the Washington, D.C.-area and the Deep South.

Host Scott Simon talks with British writer Phillip Knightley about the double-agent Kim Philby. Knightley met the spy in Moscow and wrote the new introduction to Philby's autobiography, My Silent War, which has just been re-issued by The Modern Library.

Former heartthrob Bobby Sherman -- remember "Easy Come, Easy Go" and Here Come the Brides? -- says he's happy he found a grown-up career as an emergency medical technician. Sherman talks to NPR's Scott Simon.

Auto Focus is a new movie about Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane and the obsession -- with sex and sexual photography -- that ended two of his marriages and his career. Host Scott Simon speaks with the actor's son, Bob Crane Jr., who served as a consultant on the film.

Host Scott Simon reviews the week's news with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

Majorities in both houses of Congress are up for grabs in this month's midterm elections but Americans still aren't excited about voting. What's wrong? Host Scott Simon talks with Thomas Patterson, author of The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty.

The main sorting center for United Parcel Service in Louisville, Kentucky, won't be hiring seasonal workers this year. Host, Bob Edwards, explains a machine is expected to handle increased demand without more workers. Before Christmas, the company makes an addition four to five million deliveries.

Residents are calling for further government action from state and federal officials to address this major public health issue.

Colin Powell, the four-star general who became the nation's first Black secretary of state, played key roles in the first and second U.S. invasions of Iraq.