'Didi' director Sean Wang says 13 is 'old enough to know better, too young to care' NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Sean Wang about his new coming-of-age movie Didi, which was inspired by his own experiences growing up in an immigrant household in the Bay Area. Mallory Yu Jeanette Woods Ailsa Chang
How to stay safe while swimming this summer Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1-4 in the United States. NPR's Life Kit has water safety tips to keep young swimmers safe this summer.
Video game performers launch strike over compensation and AI After over a year of negotiations with major video game companies over issues like AI, video game performers in the union SAG-AFTRA are on strike. Mandalit del Barco
KEXP's Kevin Cole retires and reflects on his friendship with Prince ahead of Purple Rain's 40th Anniversary Angela King
Remembering comic and actor Bob Newhart David Bianculli offers an appreciation of the star of Newhart and The Bob Newhart Show, who died July 18. In 1998, Newhart told Terry Gross that his signature stammer was not an affect. Terry Gross David Bianculli
'Deadpool & Wolverine' is a self-cannibalizing slog Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have good, thorny chemistry in this odd-couple action hero flick. But brand extension disguised as a satire of brand extension is still just ... brand extension. Justin Chang
So how do you 'accurately' speak English in ancient Rome? Many studios and viewers cling to longstanding conventions around using a posh-sounding British accent for ancient characters — even though this defies logic. Absolutely no one spoke English in Rome. Chloe Veltman
National Video game performers call strike against gaming companies The union SAG-AFTRA is pushing for additional A.I. protections for its members. Clare Lombardo
Without spoilers, here's how Wolverine is in the new Deadpool movie after he died A world-weary Wolverine is dragged out of retirement — well, death, actually — by a motormouthed Deadpool in Marvel's latest superhero epic. Bob Mondello
National ‘Boneless’ chicken wings can have bones, the Ohio Supreme Court says In a 4-3 verdict against a patron who sued a restaurant after swallowing a bone from a “boneless wing,” the court ruled that “boneless” doesn’t guarantee that there will be no bones in a chicken wing. Lola Murti