NPR's Scott Simon speaks to novelist Siri Hustvedt about her new book, "Ghost Stories" - a memoir of her 43-year marriage to American novelist Paul Auster, who died of cancer in 2024.

Iran's economy was fragile before the war. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, about the current state of the country's economy.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant talk about the first round of the NBA playoffs and the bad start to the Major League Baseball season for the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox.

A phone booth has been installed at the Boston Public Library where visitors can leave messages. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Meredith Goldstein from the Boston Globe about her project.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with novelist and teacher Lucy Ives about about her new collection of daily prompts to inspire creative writing, "Three Six Five." ...