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Violinist David Harrington describes what it's like to play with the Kronos Quartet in wartime. As the group travels across Europe, Harrington has been asked to address some difficult questions about America's involvement in Iraq.

In The Moment ... May 28, 2019 Show 583 Hour 1David Zellmer has served two full terms as the Bishop of the ELCA South Dakota Synod. He's no longer…

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Ted Clark about the Middle East Peace talks underway at Camp David. President Clinton returned from a four-day trip to Japan and immediately plunged back into the negotiations, trying to determine if there was potential for a peace accord to be reached.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new political mock documentary series, Tanner on Tanner. The four-part political satire was written by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. It airs Tuesdays in October on the Sundance Channel.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Infamous, a new film about Truman Capote based on the book by George Plimpton. Toby Jones and Sigourney Weaver star in the film, which covers the same ground as last year's Oscar-winning film Capote.

TV critic David Bianculli previews the HBO docudrama Live from Baghdad. It's a behind-the-scenes story about how CNN scooped its rivals in covering the first night of the Persian Gulf War 12 years ago. The show premieres on Saturday.

Tom Manoff has a review of the CD Reflections of Spain, featuring Spanish music for guitar, played by David Russell. Manoff thinks Russell — who is Scottish, not Spanish — plays with a natural elegance, and is passionate but never over the top.

The MacArthur Foundation is probably best known for its "genius grants," $500,000, no-strings-attached awards given every year to exceptionally creative people. Lisa Simeone talks to David Wilson, founder and curator of the wonderfully offbeat and esoteric Museum of Jurassic Technology.

New Yorker editor David Remnick talks about some of his favorite books as Weekend Edition Sunday begins a series of conversations with notable readers. Remnick finds that some authors -- Phillip Roth, for instance -- have grown more compelling as the years pass.

Israeli journalist David Horovitz is the editor of Jerusalem Report, has just released a new book A Little Too Close to God (Knopf). It chronicles the last 20 years he's spent living in Israel. It also examines the ramifications of the country's history on its culture. He was the recipient of the B'nai B'rith International Award for journalism in 1994.