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Jury selection got underway in the trial of the three white men who are charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man who was killed as he jogged through a Georgia neighborhood.

Joss Whedon, the creator of the movie and TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. He is executive producer of Buffy and co-executive producer of the Buffy spinoff Angel. Before working on Buffy, Whedon wrote for the TV series Roseanne. He has worked on the screenplays for such films as Alien Resurrection, Twister, Toy Story, Speed and X-Men. This interview first aired May 9, 2000.

An earthquake simulation at the Alaska Experience Theater in Anchorage jars a couple of visitors into reality.

Don't stand under a tree in a Brazilian thunderstorm. Some illuminating facts from the Brazilian Institute for Space Studies.

Rap vocalist Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC, which is disbanding after the death of Jam Master Jay, the group's MC. McDaniels is the "DMC" of the group. Run-DMC was the first rap group to earn gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums. The group is credited with bringing new fashions, new dances and new language to popular culture. This interview first aired May 19, 1997.

Chris Baty believes everybody has a novel within them. Some people simply still need to get it down on paper. He's organized National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short, to try to encourage that. John Ydstie talks with Chris Baty about NaNoWriMo.

Sarah Bardeen reviews the latest release from the Canadian pop/punk band The Snitches, called Star Witness. (3:45) (NOTE: The Snitches Star Witness. is on Oh!Tonito Records. Catalogue #: Oh!0002.)

The state of Virginia will have first chance to try sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17. U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft orders Muhammad transferred to Prince William County, Va. Malvo will also face trial in Virginia, where his youth would not disqualify him from a possible death sentence. NPR's News reports.

Oil is flowing again through the Trans-Alaska pipeline after engineers worked round the clock to make critical repairs following last weekend's earthquake. NPR's John Nielsen reports on the massive inspection and repair effort that showed the pipeline survived the shocks without major damage.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX) emerge as candidates to take over the House minority leader's job. Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) is giving up the post. Hear Rep. Richard Gephardt and NPR's David Welna.