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Residents of Matinicus, off the coast of Maine, are pushing back on book banning efforts sweeping the country. They're stocking their library's shelves with books being censored elsewhere.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to retired Gen. Philip Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, about how the U.S. and other NATO members will address the war in Ukraine when meeting this week.

In the past month, 10 million Ukrainians have fled the country to get as far from Russia's bombardment as possible. We hear the stories of some of that people that have stayed behind.

Evolutionary biologist and journalist Olivia Judson. In her new guide to the evolutionary biology of sex, Judson, explores the sex lives of animals and insects. Posing as Dr Tatiana, sex-advice columnist, she answers 'letters' posted by such creatures as the fairy wren, the stalk-eyed fly, and the African elephant. Her new book is Dr Tatianas Sex Advice to All Creation.. Judson has also written for The Economist,Nature, and Science.

Guest host Renee Montagne talks with NPR's Richard Harris about the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which opened today in South Africa. The 10-day summit is aimed at finding ways to help millions out of poverty without poisoning the planet.

In 1966 he joined L.A. rock band Buffalo Springfield; they split up three albums later due to inter-band fighting and their lack of commercial success. Young then meandered from band to band, including "Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young," while doing a lot of solo work as well. He's been called the "Godfather of Grunge," and "The king of punk."

Ketzel Levine speaks with clematis collector Brewster Rogerson, who has worked in relative obscurity for three decades amassing a rare legacy of this flowering vine (pictured at left). Now 81, his eyesight is failing -- and he's anxious to secure the future of his collection.

Her mother's been waiting for her to start cooking for years, but it took a guy to make her do it. Talking Plants own Doyenne of Dirt, Ketzel Levine, brews Scott Simon a few gallons of compost tea on Weekend Edition Saturday.

The textbook description of schizophrenia is a listing of symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior. But what does schizophrenia really feel like? NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a virtual reality experience that simulates common symptoms of the mental illness. Hear and see samples of one of the simulations.

Walt Harrington, a former Washington Post writer and self-confessed city slicker, discovered the joys of hunting late in life. As Harrington tells NPR's Eric Weiner for All Things Considered, he came to embrace a sport he once viewed as "archaic" beginning one Thanksgiving when his father-in-law gave him a 12-gauge Browning shotgun.