 what is it like to be an astronaut waiting to come home? So we were kind of stuck in space, low on supplies, and we didn't know how long. It was kind of funny. It was like COVID. And a new podcast explores the life of Mexican pop icon Juan Gabriel after the news. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Much of the West Coast is sweltering under temperatures that are 15 to 30 degrees higher than average. NPR's Nathan Roth reports the heat