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  • Shutdown Nightmare's Over, Is Capitol Hill Still Dreaming?
    The shutdown is over, and the nation avoided a default. So what's next on Capitol Hill? Former White House insiders Ron Christie and Corey Ealons join host Michel Martin to look back at the bickering and ahead to the next battles in the Beltway.
  • Robert Redford stars in <em>All Is Lost </em>as a solitary man struggling to make his yacht seaworthy again after it collides with a rogue shipping container adrift in the Indian Ocean.
    At Home At Sea: Robert Redford, At His Best Alone
    The actor is a cast of one in All Is Lost, about a man adrift alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Fresh Air critic David Edelstein says Redford and director J.C. Chandor have pulled off the ultimate fusion of actor and character. (Recommended)
  • David Sedaris' stories have appeared on <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/search?keys=david%20sedaris">This American Life</a> and in <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/search?qt=dismax&sort=score+desc&query=david+sedaris&submit=">The New Yorker</a>, and have now filled seven essay collections<em> --</em> most recently, <em>Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls</em>.
    'Let's Explore': David Sedaris On His Public Private Life
    The best-selling author and humorist has kept journals for 36 years. Those diaries have been the jumping-off point for the personal essays that appear in his collections, including Me Talk Pretty One Day and Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls. (Originally broadcast on April 24, 2013.)
  • Take a whiff of those pears and peaches: All white wines have a citrus aroma, but some also emit tropical or more subtle fruit flavors, Richard Betts explains in his book.
    Scratch 'N' Sniff Your Way To Wine Expertise ... Or At Least More Fun
    Wine is a grocery, not a luxury. That's the premise behind a fun, new wine guide filled with charming illustrations and scratch 'n' sniffs. But don't let the playfulness fool you. There's some serious science in the book, which covers the full gamut of tasting with humor and a refreshing simplicity.
  • House Speaker Tom Foley (back, right) and Vice President Al Gore applaud during President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address on Jan. 24, 1994.
    Former House Speaker Tom Foley Dies At 84
    He served in the post from 1989 to 1995, when he was ousted in the "Republican Revolution" led by his successor, Newt Gingrich.
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor (left) plays Solomon Northup, a New York freeman kidnapped into slavery in 1841 and eventually resold to plantation owner Edwin Epps (Michael Fassbender).
    For A Free Spirit, A Grim '12 Years' In Chains
    A brutal corrective to gauzy portrayals of the antebellum South, this true story of a man kidnapped into slavery took home the top audience prize at the Toronto Film Festival. NPR's Bob Mondello says it emphatically deserved the honor. (Recommended)
  • Indian policemen escort crew members of a U.S.-owned ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio outside a court in Tuticorin, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on Friday.
    India Arrests Crew Of U.S. Ship For Carrying Weapons
    Indian authorities say the vessel was intercepted last week carrying arms that had not been declared.
  • A joking Facebook post by Saddleback Church's Rick Warren was the catalyst for a pointed letter from some 700 evangelical Asian-Americans.
    Asian-Americans To Evangelicals: We're Not Your Punch Line
    A joking Facebook post by Saddleback Church's Rick Warren was the catalyst for a pointed letter from some 700 evangelical Asian-Americans.
  • Demonstrators supporting an immigration overhaul stage a sit-down protest at the offices of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., on Oct. 11.
    Obama's Immigration Pivot Hits A Bruised GOP's Weak Spot
    Having successfully stared down congressional Republicans in the shutdown-debt ceiling fight, President Obama and his Democratic Party face almost no risk by turning to immigration. And it's the perfect vehicle for the president to cause congressional Republicans major indigestion.
  • President Obama stands with Jeh Johnson, his choice for the next Homeland Security secretary, and Vice President Joe Biden, in the White House Rose Garden on Friday.
    Obama Nominates Jeh Johnson To Head Homeland Security
    Johnson is best known for leading a legal review of the U.S. drone program, as well as crafting a report that led to the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." He was the former top lawyer at the Pentagon.
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