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Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon talks with bioethicist Arthur Caplan of New York University about Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that isolated human genes may not be patented — and the implications for that ruling.

Airs Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

Viktor Bout, a Russian dubbed the "Merchant of Death," is due in a federal court in New York on Wednesday. At a hearing, prosecutors will ask a judge to let them present evidence to a jury of Bout's past involvement in weapons trafficking. But Bout says the law is being stretched too far.

A memorial in Austin, Texas is being built to remember the descendants of Spanish explorers who first settled the region. The 550-square-foot monument will be the largest of its kind on the grounds of any state capitol in the country.

Airs Fridays, April 20-May 25, 2018 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

The service chiefs must complete implementation plans before lifting the old policy - and they must certify to lawmakers that it won't damage combat readiness, as critics charge.

Airs Monday, November 5, 2012 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Novelist Kate Christensen has written a food memoir like no other. Although the author's food writing is enchanting, says reviewer Maria Russo, the sloppy, thrilling, innovative Blue Plate Special isn't really about food. It's more concerned with the heartbreak that shapes a creative life.

Airs Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV