Olympics: Lie Back and Luge

Published February 6, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Howard Berkes feels the thrill -- and agony -- of luge as he goes for a nearly 40-miles-per-hour slide at the Olympic track near Salt Lake City. Hear his tale on Morning Edition.

Saturday sports: Belichick to coach UNC; Juan Soto joins Mets; college football playoffs begin

Scott Simon

Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss Bill Belichick's move to college football and Juan Soto's massive new contract with the New York Mets.
How to cure loneliness? Stammtisch.

Laurel Wamsley

Loneliness is a modern, cross-generational plague. Some people are looking to an old German tradition for a tried and true remedy.
Zildjian brand cymbals are everywhere. But how they're made is a 400-year secret.

Andrea Shea

Zildjian cymbal are used by top drummers across the globe -- they've been made by one family, using a secret process, for 400 years.