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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays this week's puzzle with winner Ross Jackson from San Jose, Calif., and puzzle master Will Shortz.

Plenty of snow will be falling long before the lighted ball drops in downtown Buffalo. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for five of the eight counties of Western New York.

Check out the local arts shows happening in Western New York and Southern Ontario, including Lonely Little Kitsch, Strange Standard, and The Mookies.

You’ve probably heard of the three “B’s” in classical music – Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Well, here’s a little matching quiz about the three “Bs” and other “B” composers too.

You’ve probably heard of the three “B’s” in classical music – Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Well, here’s a little matching quiz about the three “Bs” and other “B” composers too.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KQED listener Sara McNinch of Redwood City, California.

First came the day trips for foreigner tourists to the shantytowns. Now, young Westerners are living in formerly no-go areas — with yoga classes and sushi restaurants following. Business is booming in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, but some residents complain they're being priced out of the market.

Melissa Block talks to Bill Prady, executive producer of The Big Bang Theory, about the terms of trade from the world of comedy writing like Nakamura, blow and button.

PBS looks at the origins of the agency's surveillance program and the extraordinary steps top government officials took to give it legal cover and keep it hidden.

Joe Sacco has made a career of tackling difficult subjects through imagery. He's a journalist and cartoonist who has reported on the Middle East and Bosnia — in both written and comic form. In his latest book, The Great War, Sacco turns to history, producing a 24-foot-long depiction of the horrifying first day of the Battle of the Somme.