Weekend America Voices
Bill Radke
Recent Stories
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"The Heart of Saturday Night"
When Nathan Tift of Edina, Minn., hears "The Heart of Saturday Night," by Tom Waits, he thinks of a time he was in one of the most remote and coldest places on earth: the South Pole.
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How to Make Fun of Barack Obama
How do you laugh at Barack Obama? Members of Chicago's Second City share some comedic advice.
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Castro and Cancer-Causing Light
Our panel of non-experts review the news-worthiness of this week's news. This week our panel includes Dana Gould, John Ridley and Samantha Power.
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An Old Town Under Hollywood Lights
Two of the Best Picture nominations, "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will be Blood," were shot in the small, southwest Texas town of Marfa. We hear from a local resident about the experience of having Hollywood invade his quiet town.
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Spy Satellites and Claims to the Arctic
Our panel of non-experts review the week's events in a parlor game to gauge what kind of week America had. This week, we hear from Michael Govan, the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; author Susan Jacoby; and writer and actor David Rakoff.
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A Life-Changing Letter
Eleven years ago, when Rob McGinley Myers was studying abroad in Spain, he wasn't exactly a successful champion of love or romance. But all that changed one Valentine's Day with a love letter.
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Mitt-less-ness, Zell and Nature
Our panel, Yale literature professor Amy Hungerford, syndicated columnist Gustavo Arellano, and former NPR reporter Luke Burbank, who now hosts the Seattle radio show "Too Beautiful To Live," discuss the Mitt-less world, Sam Zell and nature.
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"Oklahoma!" and Mr. Clean
When Maureen McNulty Saxton of Holt, Mich., hears "Oklahoma!" she knows it's the weekend.
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Cleaning up after a Tornado
People from Alabama to Kentucky will be cleaning up after deadly tornadoes left 56 dead in the region. We check in with Chris Howell of Hartsville Pike Church of Christ in Tennessee.
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How to Write a Love Letter
Writing a good love letter is like being a good lover: you need to know when to be strong and when to be vulnerable. At least that's what Bill Shapiro recommends, and it's pretty likely he knows what he's talking about.
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Black History: Barack Obama to Timbuktu
Of course we'll hear about Dr. King and Malcom X, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass during Black History Month, but of course, there's more. Dr. Lisbeth Gant-Britton, a UCLA professor, says specialty months are important to remind people that there are great people of all kinds and that diversity is the foundation upon which this country was built.
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More on the Election
This week it's Super Tuesday, the Super Bowl and other things super. We hear from political commentator and writer David Frum, comedy writer Dana Gould, and conceptual and performance artist damali ayo.
