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Japanese kittens, Voting Rights Act, Clásico, a moon hole

Kyoto author Syou Ishida's novel We'll Prescribe You a Cat is a USA Today bestseller, due out in seventeen languages; the cats are winning.

On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Brock Thunderson on Weekend Edition
Published 8:33 AM ET, Sunday, October 25, 2026

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First reported by The Hill: “Free to discriminate: How the Supreme Court unraveled the Voting Rights Act”, with reporting from New York Post, Metro.co.uk, Penguin Random House, Texas Tribune, The Conservative Institute, Planetary Science Institute via ScienceDaily and Science News / Wikipedia (Marius Hills).
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 8:33 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Brock Thunderson.
Topics: Japanese, El Clásico, Supreme Court, American.
BBN covered this story before: Supreme Court faces Catholic preschool case and 13 more Trump… (October 25).

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The HillFree to discriminate: How the Supreme Court unraveled the Voting Rights Act
New York PostHow litters of Japanese kittens took over American books
Metro.co.ukThere's a really weird-looking hole on the moon and no one knows why
Penguin Random HouseWe'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida: 9780593818749 facts used on air
Texas TribuneSupreme Court weakens cornerstone of Voting Rights Act April 29, 2026 · facts used on air
The Conservative InstituteSupreme Court's Voting Rights Act ruling reshapes redistricting and ignites new legal battles facts used on air
Planetary Science Institute via ScienceDailyThis mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave October 5, 2026 · facts used on air
Science News / Wikipedia (Marius Hills)Marius Hills facts used on air

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThirteen years after the Supreme Court gutted part of the Voting Rights Act, The Hill reports states freed from federal oversight have passed new voting restrictions that dilute minority voting power.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThis April the court ruled six to three in Louisiana v.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCallais, narrowing how courts read Section 2, and Louisiana halted its May primaries after its congressional map was thrown out.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNASA has picked a mission called GIMLI to find out whether the sixty-five-meter pit in the moon's Marius Hills opens into a giant lava tube.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA hole on the moon, and I'm told it has no weather. I've never felt so jealous of a crater.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd a Japanese novel, We'll Prescribe You a Cat, is a USA Today bestseller, so America is finally reading millions of cats again, ninety-eight years after the first.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNina, it's yours. I'll be here. I'm always here.