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Kei Nishikori put a buzz into the U.S. Open crowd in New York and put himself into the history books, becoming the first Asian man to reach a Grand Slam tennis final.

Today is Memorial Day; a time when we pay tribute to the men and women who paid the ultimate price in defending our rights and securing our freedoms. The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries has a vast collection of stories from military veterans and their families. Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd highlights an interview from 1985 with Kentucky native, Judy Hartline Elbring, a nurse who served two tours in Vietnam. She describes the often gut-wrenching triage process for the wounded and dying, as well as the time she was called upon to help her own brother recover from his combat-related wounds. While he lived, many others didn't come home. We salute those men and women with this segment of our award-winning history series Saving Stories.

This year's Tiny Desk Contest was truly like no other. Our winner stood out from the over 6,000 entries with a song about slowing down and enjoying life that captivated our judges.

Art Inc. Kentucky, a Community Ventures social enterprise, is a non-profit, member-focused business and marketing incubator and artist's loan fund committed to providing emerging and established Kentucky artists with the tools, resources and education necessary to build their businesses, broaden their exposure and sell their work. President Mark Lenn Johnson joins Tom for a sweeping conversation on the range of aid and assistance on offer to established and aspiring artists in Central Kentucky. This includes an artist incubator program, the ArtHouse Kentucky Gallery inside the MET, and the Artists' Village.

This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Bruce Hornsby (Sidelines), Hippo Campus (Ride Or Die), Mt. Joy (Lemon Tree), Ozomatli (Sacude), The Killers Featuring Lucius (The Getting By II), Angel Olsen (All The Good Times), & Harry Styles (As It Was)!

Tamara Keith has been a White House correspondent for NPR since 2014 and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast, the top political news podcast in America. Keith has chronicled the Trump administration from day one, putting this unorthodox presidency in context for NPR listeners, from early morning tweets to executive orders and investigations. She covered the final two years of the Obama presidency, and during the 2016 presidential campaign she was assigned to cover Hillary Clinton. In 2018, Keith was elected to serve on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association.

Houston missed a chance to nail down the franchise's first Series title. The teams meet for the deciding game Wednesday night in LA.

For the 14th year, Jacob was the most popular name for boys born in the U.S. Sophia topped the girls' list for the second straight year. Some other names are rising fast: Elizabeth, Liam, Arya and Major are among them.

The recently stagnant charts are flooded with new releases this week, led by Bieber and Scott. Plus, Ravyn Lenae's slow-burning hit "Love Me Not" makes a play for song of the summer status.