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Alex Chadwick talks with high-altitude mountain climber Ed Viesturs about his attempt to climb all 14 of the world's highest mountains without the aid of supplemental oxygen.

Some have called George Schaller the globe's greatest living naturalist. He's been tracking and studying the Marco Polo sheep for some 20 years in a quest to create wildlife preserves in some of the world's most dangerous areas along the borders of Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

Listeners this week commented on our political interviews, on our coverage of the game rock, paper, scissors and on the Yucatec language.

More than a million couples will turn to TheKnot.com this year to help plan their weddings - weddings that have an average price tag of $22,000. The big money in marriage has translated to big business for The Knot, which recorded record earnings this week. And shares of The Knot have more than doubled over the last year. David Gardner talks about the engaging business of wedding planning with Knot CEO David Liu.

There's good news for the Siberian tiger. A new survey by the Wildlife Conservation Society finds the population of the endangered species is more or less stable, at about 530 adults and cubs. That's not many, but it's about the same as 10 years ago.

NPR's Tom Gjelten speaks with Robert Reich, professor of public policy at UC Berkeley and former U.S. Secretary of Labor, about his new book The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It.

Host Bob Edwards continues his conversation with singer/songwriter John Prine. Prine's songs have been covered by every one from Bonnie Raitt to Johnny Case. On his new CD, In Spite of Ourselves, Prine chose to sing some classic country tunes written by legends like Tex Ritter and Hank Williams, Sr. He's joined by some of his favorite female singers like Iris Dement and Emmylou Harris in a series of duets. (7:19) John Prine's latest CD In Spite Of Ourselves is available on Oh Boy Records; ASIN: B00000K3LI

When Rahsheed McKenstry, 10, and his mother Rhonetta McKenstry entered the StoryCorps booth in Memphis, Tenn., he quickly found his own interview style ... a style that uncovered hard truths.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney Alec Karakatsanis about his book, Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System.