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The forest at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is sick, infected by invasive aphid-like bugs. To help save the trees, the park's vegetation crew uses pesticides as well as a tiny beetle from Asia.

Rare photos and testimonies from 1989 portray a bold youth movement that helped shape where China is today and how the world sees it, in spite of authorities' efforts to erase the memory.

When it comes to writing comedy, every syllable counts. Host Scott Simon talks to Mike Sacks, author of And Here's the Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers On Their Craft, and writer and director Harold Ramis about the art of being funny.

Secretary of State Blinken is in China for meetings. Present Biden is reviewing tariffs on Chinese imports. Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday.

Contradicting CDC, Trump says COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of 2020. A top HHS official is on leave after accusing government scientists of sedition. And, Sally brings torrential rain.

We have the latest on the crisis in Houston caused by flooding. Also, President Trump has visited Texas, and we have the latest on the Russia investigation.

Takeaways from yesterdays' Jan. 6 committee hearing. President Biden visits Israel. And, new video is released from the Uvalde school shooting.

Injustice authors Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis say following Jan. 6, the cases against the former president were stymied by the FBI's desire to preserve its independence from politics.

Down to only three players on the court, the University of Alabama men's basketball team came very close to pulling off the upset of a lifetime against Minnesota. Instead, the team will have to settle for one of the grittiest losing efforts ever.

Editor's note: Mike Ward, who appeared on this podcast, was a reporter for the Houston Chronicle whose reporting was called into question in August, 2018.…