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The Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist creates sound from his voice, his violin and his looping machine. His loop-heavy debut album is named after a Japanese expression meaning "one time, one place."

Niagara Falls has long been a magnet for daredevils, but strict laws have kept them away for more than a century. That changes this Friday, when circus performer Nik Wallenda will walk a two-inch-thick wire across the giant waterfall. It's an exception officials hope will rescue tourism — and the city's economy.

Neil Young talks about his newest album Americana. And Tom Philpott, who covers food and the agricultural industry for Mother Jones, joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross for a wide-ranging discussion about health and other issues affecting the meat industry.

Alan Furst's new thriller, Mission to Paris, follows a German-American film star to Europe on the brink of war. Fredric Stahl thinks he's going to make a movie in France, but he winds up caught between German and American forces who both hope to use his stardom for their own ends.

For a stark example of the depth of the European economic crisis, consider the job prospects of young Spaniards. Nearly 50 percent are out of work, making it extremely difficult for many to move out of their parents' home, start a career or get married.

Liberal activists gathered this week in Providence for the annual Netroots Nation convention to regroup and re-energize after Democrats lost an effort Tuesday to recall Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Tom Goldman about the NBA playoffs, Manny Pacquiao's fight and the Euro 2012 soccer competition.

High-profile conservatives gathered outside the Windy City Friday for CPAC Chicago, a meeting sponsored by the American Conservative Union. Much of the discussion centered on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's victory in a gubernatorial recall election in Wisconsin on Tuesday.

On a rare visit to Syria, Deb Amos talks with Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon about the 15-month old conflict and the mood in the Syrian capital.

A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain, Nabel Rajab, is back in detention, this time for what he has been writing in his Twitter feed. One of his colleagues from Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Maryam al-Khawaja, says this is the sixth case against Najab and typical of how the government continues to crack down on activists.