Lifting wallets was part of Turturro's training for the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. In it, he plays a small-time thief who's also the primary caretaker for his ailing wife.

A dedicated online community is investigating whether the crossword puzzles appearing on screen are authentic.

NPR's Allison Aubrey explores anhedonia, a loss of pleasure that can affect people even as they go about their daily lives.

Zamir Gotta, Anthony Bourdain's longtime fixer in Russia, remembers working with and becoming friends with the late chef.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WESA listener Deborah Freedman.



This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with guest host Negin Farsad, special guest John Turturro and panelists Hari Kondabolu, Paula Poundstone, and Faith Salie

The Siena Drone Photo Awards for 2026 offer breathtaking bird's-eye views of our planet, revealing landscapes, livelihoods and human stories often invisible from the ground.

Weekend Edition Sunday's Ayesha Rascoe joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about horror's big moment and why people just love to be scared.

Just in time for Halloween, NPR correspondent Brian Mann caught 'The Shining' on the big screen — and it changed how he understood the movie.

A new documentary looks back on the Canadian sketch show Second City Television. If SNL was a smirking upperclassman in a private-school uniform, SCTV was a lovable dirtbag in a denim jacket and jeans.