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NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks Mud Morganfield, son of blues legend Muddy Waters, along with harmonica great Kim Wilson, about their new album of Muddy music, For Pops: A Tribute to Muddy Waters.

A health crisis grips the country, triggered by fuel blockades. Medicine is in short supply. But our writer, living in Kathmandu, needed emergency surgery.

The former Florida governor finally seems at ease on the campaign trail. Is he peaking at the right time or are months of missteps just too much for him to overcome?

In most of the Inside Passage, there are no roads connecting the communities, so Alaskans depend heavily on ferries: the Alaska Marine Highway System.

So, you've successfully scored a vaccine — or at least an appointment. Congrats! That's amazing news, seriously! Now what about those side effects? And do you have to keep up that double masking?

Blues musician Joe Bonamassa started playing with B.B. King when he was 12. He's performed on stage with Eric Clapton and averages about 200 shows per year. His new DVD is called Joe Bonamassa, Live From the Royal Albert Hall. Host Scott Simon speaks with Bonamassa about living with the blues and how he got his nickname, "Smokin' Joe."

Barack and Michelle Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president Friday. This comes a day after she reiterated her support for Israel. And, how to watch the Olympic opening ceremony.

Summer's coming to an end, and whether for health or ethical reasons, more people are flipping veggie burgers — which have come a long way since the sanitarium-created concoctions of the 19th century.

The USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear-powered carrier, is expected to spend four days at the port of Danang at a time of tensions over China's expansion in the South China Sea.

Scott Simon talks to author Matthew Klamabout his new novel, Who is Rich? Rich is a middle-aged cartoonist whose art, marriage and life seems stuck in middle-gear. The novel unfolds over 4 wild days.