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NPR's Robert Smith tries his hand -- and his thighs -- at curling, which as always will be featured at this year's Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. It looks like a tame sport, but as Smith and his legs found out, it can be strenuous.

Once, Enron looked like a corporate juggernaut; now it's beleaguered, bankrupt, and being grilled by no fewer than 10 Congressional panels. As part of NPR News' continuing coverage, All Things Considered examines what the Enron story says about American business.

Washington, D.C. is full of buildings that are prime targets for a terrorist's wrath, and planners are thinking of new security measures that might also help preserve the city's photogenic beauty. NPR's Alex Van Oss reports on the bollard, the Jersey barrier and the Ha-Ha -- Saturday on Weekend All Things Considered.

Liza Minnelli first sang "New York, New York," but Frank Sinatra really made it a big hit. NPR's Jeff Lunden spreads the news about the Kander & Ebb tune as part of the Present at the Creation series about American cultural icons.

Soon, three-quarters of Iran's population will be made up of those who grew up after the 1979 Islamic revolution. Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late Shah, sees this time as a crossroads in Iran's history. He shares his outlook with Lisa Simeone on Saturday's Weekend All Things Considered.

NATO holds an emergency summit in Brussel. Biden's Supreme Court nominee faces a second day of questions from a Senate panel. Legal fights over Ohio's redistricting are about to come to a head.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Nick Henderson, CEO of the Irish Refugee Council, a non-governmental organization that is helping Ukrainian refugees resettle in Ireland.

President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, faces a second day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of Harvard Radcliffe Institute, about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's judicial philosophy.

While the creators of a a new opera about Emmett Till hope it will inspire white people to confront racism, others worry it depicts Black trauma for white entertainment while masquerading as activism.