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NPR's Anne Garrels tells the story of documentary filmmaker Kate Wenner's last months with her father as he was battling stomach cancer. In the course of videotaping hours of conversations, her father confessed a traumatic family secret that had haunted him since childhood.

Scott reads mail from listeners.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on the showing of Slobodan Milosevic in last Sunday's election in Yugoslavia; Gloria Feldt, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Laura Echevaria of the National Right to Life Committee on the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill RU-486; Senator John McCain and Jim Gianopulos, chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee on marketing violent media to young people; Senator Richard Bryan (Democrat, Nevada), Attorney General Janet Reno, and Senator Richard Shelby (Republican, Alabama) at a hearing on the government's handling of the Wen Ho Lee case; Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore.

Host Scott Simon speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday's ambassador to the world of children's literature, about a new book for Rosh Hashana called Gershon's Monster.

Scott reviews the news of the week with Wired magazine's John Heilman.

Despite the eruption on the Canary island that has sent thousands fleeing, including some 500 tourists, Spain's tourism minister said visitors should stay and "enjoy what nature has brought us."

Commentator Joe Wright went to an experimental school when he was a child. At first, they had no rules, but as time went on, the instructors needed to add rules so that things didn't get out of hand. When he was older, he moved to San Francisco, where there were lots of adults who were trying to get rid of rules. But Joe found that sometimes you need rules -- not a lot, just a few. (4:00)

Democrats are trying to galvanize voters in favor of abortion rights after Texas Republicans enacted controversial new restrictions. Their first major test is in Virginia's race for governor.

Sir Clive Sinclair, a computing pioneer and an inventor that spent a lifetime making technology accessible for everyone, has died at age 81.

Alabama's top health official says the state has "literally shrunk." According to preliminary data, it saw 64,714 total deaths and 57,641 births in 2020.