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California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law landmark legislation that bans gay-to-straight conversion therapy for minors. Host Michel Martin talks with California State Senator Ted Lieu, who wrote the legislation, and Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver. That's a group hoping to overturn the law.

With her father in charge of her life and her finances, the pop star has practically no autonomy. We spoke with a legal expert about what guardianships do — and what makes Spears' case different.

Madison Beer talks about her new album 'Locket', and growing up in the public eye since age 13.

Hisham Matar fled Libya in the 1970s as a 9-year-old boy. This week, he releases his debut novel, In the Country of Men, a story told through the eyes of a Libyan boy. Like Matar, the boy's father is a political dissident hunted down by the Libyan government.

Brooke Shields opens up to NPR's Leila Fadel about aging and agency as a woman in the public eye. Her new memoir is "Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed To Get Old."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks horror writer Joe Hill for some spine-tingling summer reading recommendations.

Ahead of the leaders' meeting on Monday, the White House released its peace plan to immediately end Israel's war in the territory, boost aid to Gaza and require Hamas to release Israeli hostages.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to musician Neko Case about her new memoir, The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, and some of the shocking details Case writes about her upbringing.

NPR's Michel Martin asks the heads of two women-owned businesses how they are navigating the swing in tariff levels on China.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to children's author Philip Stead about his new book "A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic," about a goat keeper looking for a lost goat.