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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the celebrated Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler about his latest album, "Tinta y Tiempo," which translates to "Ink and Time."

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to filmmaker Celine Sciamma about her movie, "Petite Maman," in which a young girl tries to understand her mother's past by befriending another child in the woods.

El Salvador gets nearly six feet of rainfall each year, but clean water is in short supply. Contaminated water kills thousands there every year. But simple projects that build deep wells are beginning to succeed where expensive, modern water systems have failed.

Dreamworks' latest film Madagascar opens this weekend. The digitally animated comedy is about a bunch of pampered New York City zoo animals that wind up in the wilds of Madagascar.

Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and adviser to the president, discusses the growing chorus of Republican voices that oppose President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers.

Composer John Adams, who has composed operas about communism and terrorism, believes that "if opera is actually going to be a part of our lives... it has to deal with contemporary topics." is latest work is about the first test of a nuclear weapon. John Adams talks about his opera, Dr. Atomic.

Coming soon: the movie version of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Laurence Sterne's extravagantly long 18th-century novel. Like Ulysses, Naked Lunch and other books, it represents a daunting list of challenges to those who would turn it into a movie.

Ukrainian feminists say their country came a long way, legally and culturally, in the past decade. Now advocates are trying to address sexual assault, economic hardship and other effects of the war.

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with the new White House coronavirus czar, Dr. Ashish Jha. Presently, Congress has yet to approve funding that would cover the cost of testing, vaccines and treatment.

Four years after he killed 17 people and wounded 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Nikolas Cruz goes on trial. He's already pleaded guilty and hopes to avoid the death penalty.