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Host Madeleine Brand talks with the president of the United Nations Association of the USA, William Luers, about the United States' loss of its seat on the U.N.'s Commission for Human Rights. The U.N. Economic and Social Council voted yesterday not to re-elect the U.S. to the commission. This is the first time since the commission's creation in 1947 that the U.S. has not held a position on it.

Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo has teamed up with the Del Sol Quartet and vocal ensemble Volti to explore the struggles of Chinese immigrants detained at Angel Island in the early 1900s.

When acclaimed pianist André Tchaikowsky died in 1982, he bequeathed his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company so it could play the part of Yorick in Hamlet.

Isaac stars in The Card Counter and Scenes from a Marriage. John Powers reviews a new documentary about the Velvet Underground. After years of trying to be likable, Katie Couric is letting that go.

The behavior of the Braves' fans is scrutinized as the World Series goes to Atlanta, and fallout continues in the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault case.

Roberto Carlos Lange, who performs under the moniker Helado Negro, shares his thoughts on his new album, astrology, and the beauty of nature.

Scott with some thoughts about former Senator Bob Kerrey's admission this week that he may have been responsible for the death of civilians while fighting in Vietnam.

Scott talks to Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about the prospect of a strike by the Writers Guild of America. If no agreement is reached with studio executives by May 1st, the men and women who write scripts for movies and TV shows will walk off the job. The last time this happened was in l988, and network television still hasn't recovered.

Scott discusses the news of the week with NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr.

Last night NPR's Jackie Northam attended funeral services for Veronica Bowers, the young missionary woman who was killed when the Peruvian air force mistook Bowers's small plane for that of a drug runner's.