In the first half of this week’s show:
The Economist’s Asia Editor Dominic Ziegler, and author of Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur at the Borderlands of Empires, describe role in the region’s history.
Robert & Mary Carey talk with Nina Nasionale about comic book stars in “Superheroes in Gotham,” a new exhibit at the New York Historical Society.
Aviation journalist Christine Negroni explains that the 787s’ problems with their lithium battery power supplies aren’t quite over. Even if authorities don’t want to talk about it.
Travel journalist David Yeskel describes several new “best” attractions in Las Vegas.


