Trump spent three hours on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Here’s what he did – and didn’t – say Trump’s freewheeling Joe Rogan podcast interview covered polls, whales and potentially replacing income taxes with tariffs, as he left Michigan rally goers waiting an extra three hours Friday night. Read more on NPR

Want a Picasso? UChicago students borrow original art for their dorms College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm. At the University of Chicago, they get a chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year. Read more on NPR

Centuries-old remains found in a well may be man from Norse saga An old Norse story tells of a king’s man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well. Read more on NPR

Opinion: Nature dazzles in autumn NPR’s Scott Simon is dazzled by the turn of the seasons, especially the color of the leaves. Read more on NPR

Freeman hits 1st walk-off slam in World Series history as Dodgers top Yankees in Game 1 Freddie Freeman hit the first game-ending grand slam in World Series history in the 10th inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in a drama-filled opener. Read more on NPR

Remembering Dr. Richard Cash: How a ‘simple’ intervention helped save millions of lives In the late 1960s, he went to Dhaka to work on cholera. There he became involved in the development of oral rehydration therapy — hailed as one of the most significant medical advances of the century. Read more on NPR

Many state abortion bans include exceptions for rape. How often are they granted? Since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022, one study estimates there’s been nearly 65,000 pregnancies from rape in states that ban abortion. Read more on NPR

How civil society groups are quietly working to prevent election-related violence Few political violence researchers believe there will be a repeat of the Jan. 6th attack. Instead, many warn that election-related violence is more likely to happen in local communities. Read more on NPR