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For One Family, A 'Double' Dose Alcoholism

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with best-selling mystery writer Martha Grimes and her son, Ken Grimes, about their new book, Double Double: A Dual Memoir of Alcoholism.

What's On Obama's Agenda With China's President?

Next week, President Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at an estate in California. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Ken Lieberthal of the Brookings Institution about what issues the two world leaders are likely to discuss.

Mickey Spillane, pictured here in 1963, wrote his first Mike Hammer novel in three fevered weeks after returning from World War II.

Pulp Fiction's Bad Boy Mike Hammer Returns In 'Complex 90'

Mickey Spillane was the best-selling mystery writer of the 20th century. He created Mike Hammer after returning from World War II, and though Spillane died in 2006, writer Max Allan Collins is keeping Hammer's story alive by completing the manuscripts Spillane left behind.

If This Cute Cheerios Ad Causes Drama, What Won't?

When an advertiser seems to do everything right and still draws complaints, it makes you wonder: Is there any way to market to diverse communities without stepping on toes?

How To Speak Teen

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Canadian linguist James Harbeck about his collection and phonetic translation of annoying teenage sounds.

<a href="http://users.humboldt.edu/mstephens/hate/hate_map.html">Monica Stephen's "Geography of Hate" map, shows the locations of racial slurs on Twitter.</a>

Haters Gonna Hate, As Shown On A Map

Over at Humboldt State University in California, geography professor Monica Stephens sorted through geotagged racial slurs on Twitter for a year. And then she put them on a map.

Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy in October of last year.

Atlantic Hurricane Season Kicks Off Quietly

It's tranquil now, but forecasters predict an above-average six-month season with a good possibility of six major storms.

The Supreme Court is set to deliver opinions in cases involving affirmative action, the voting rights law and same-sex marriage.

Court Prepares To Write New Chapters In Civil Rights History

Opinions on affirmative action, same-sex marriage and voting rights are to come in what's expected to be a month of blockbuster Supreme Court decisions

American Tornado Preparedness Has History Of 'Bad Advice'

In light of the recent tornadoes that devastated Oklahoma, guest host Wade Goodwyn talks to author Lee Sandlin about the myths and practices of tornado preparedness over the decades. Sandlin is the author of Storm Kinds: The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers.

Darius Rucker Keeps Stoking His Country Style With 'True Believers'

Darius Rucker, famous for his rock music with Hootie and the Blowfish, has a third country music album out, called True Believers. He speaks with guest host Wade Goodwyn about his inspiration for the tracks on the album and the wide range of country music styles it covers.

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