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  • The U.S. is reportedly considering the release of Jonathan Pollard, a former Naval intelligence analyst who is serving a life sentence for spying for Israel. He's shown here during a 1998 interview at a federal prison in Butner, N.C., where he is still held.
    The Arguments For And Against Releasing Jonathan Pollard
    The formal naval intelligence analyst is serving a life term for spying for Israel. This is not the first time his case has cropped up in the larger context of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
  • Alan Dershowitz and Sanford Levinson argue in favor of the motion "The Constitutional Right To Bear Arms Has Outlived Its Usefulness" in an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate on Nov. 14.
    Debate: Has The Right To Bear Arms Outlived Its Usefulness?
    A group of experts faces off over whether Americans' Second Amendment rights are outdated.
  • Armie Hammer stars as the Lone Ranger in a new Disney adaptation.
    'The Lone Ranger': Summer Fun With Manifest Destiny
    Director Gore Verbinski and star Johnny Depp have turned in a busy, expensive take on the masked lawman of the Wild West. It's long, tone-deaf, and ultimately crushingly bad.
  • Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) takes a fantastic adventure across Middle-earth in Peter Jackson's prequel to his <em>Lord of the Rings</em> trilogy.
    A 'Hobbit,' Off On His Unhurried Journey
    Peter Jackson takes his audience back to Middle-earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, set in a time before the Lord of the Rings films. NPR's Bob Mondello says that where the Rings films struggled with what to omit, The Hobbit labors to justify its three-hour running time.
  • From 'Groovy' To 'Slacks,' The Words That Date You
    When Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich used the word "slacks" in a column, a reader commented: "Slacks? How old are you?" The reader's comment got Schmich thinking about the words we choose and how much those choices can reveal about our age. (Originally broadcast on October 22, 2012.)
  • Questions Rise About Shortcomings Of DNA Tests For Dogs
    DNA testing of dogs has become a booming business. But critics say the pet genetics industry is running too wild, and they're calling for it to be reined in.
  • The debate stage is prepared for Wednesday's Democratic presidential primary debate, hosted by MSNBC and <em>The Washington Post,</em> at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.
    What The Site Of The Democratic Debate Says About Georgia, Role Of Black Voters
    Atlanta's Tyler Perry Studios has been home to Wakanda, the White House and The Walking Dead, but Wednesday it will host its most topical production yet: the next Democratic presidential debate.
  • Legendary Director Mike Nichols Dies At 83
    NPR's Eric Deggans has this remembrance of one of the most honored and successful directors in entertainment.
  • Mars Rover Curiosity Keeps Busy On Red Planet
    It's been more than a week since the Mars rover Curiosity made its successful landing on the Red Planet. Curiosity is by far the most technologically advanced rover to reach the planet's surface. David Greene talks to astrophysicist Neal DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, about Curiosity's two-year visit to Mars.
  • Tag Him, Track Him, Hug Him, Love Him
    Has new tracking technology put us on a slippery slope toward microchipping our own children? Commentator Barbara J. King worries that it has, and asks if this practice is healthy for kids and parents alike.
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