NPR Programs: Fresh Air Podcast

Stories: 1) For Two Decades, Defending Death Row Inmates 2) 'Upstairs, Downstairs' Returns To 165 Eaton Place 3) 'Your Highness': Low Comedy's Crowning Glory?

Stories: 1) Under The Sea, Sex Is Slimy Business 2) Brian Carpenter: Eclectic Jazz, Rooted In Americana

Story: New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins recently returned from Yemen, where he met with demonstrators who have called for President Ali Abdullah Saleh's immediate resignation. Filkins explains why Yemen's uprisings are particularly worrisome for U.S. counterterrorism officials.

Stories: 1) How The 'Pox' Epidemic Changed Vaccination Rules 2) 'Please Look After Mom': A Guilt Trip To The Big City

Stories: 1) The High Probability Of Finding 'Life Beyond Earth' 2) Paul Simon: Back In 'Graceland' With 'So Beautiful'

Stories: 1) Jon Hamm: Mad Men's Don Draper Redefines Himself 2) Mitchell: On Bringing 'Thousand Autumns' To Life 3) 'Source Code' And 'Insidious': Two Twisty Thrillers

Stories: 1) The Future Of Nuclear Energy In The U.S. 2) 'The Killing': 'Twin Peaks' Meets '24' On AMC

Story: African journalist Peter Godwin returned to his native Zimbabwe in 2008 to follow the presidential election. He writes about President Robert Mugabe's refusal to give up power — and Mugabe's torture campaign against opposition supporters — in The Fear.

Stories: 1) Timothy Olyphant: 'Justified' In Laying Down The Law 2) 'Middle Brother': Hand-Clapping Foot-Stompers

Stories: 1) Wahlberg, Russell Enter Ring With 'The Fighter' 2) Elizabeth Taylor's Legacy: AIDS Activist, Movie Star 3) 'Mildred Pierce': A Masterpiece Of Modern Film Noir 4) Playwright LANFORD WILSON.

Stories: 1) How 'Italian Food' Became A Global Sensation 2) Cyro Baptista: Sounds From Everywhere, Evoking Home 3) How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick 4) 'We're Broke': Empty Bank Accounts, Empty Meaning?

Story: Dan Savage is an advice columnist who spawned a worldwide movement after hearing one too many times about anguished gay teens committing suicide. Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, talk about their "It Gets Better" project, which now has over 10,000 video submissions.

Story: The future of Libya has become a key part in the rapidly changing transformation of the Arab world. On today's Fresh Air, political scientist Marc Lynch explains why the United States and its allies decided to intervene — and what's at stake for each side.

Stories: 1) 'Big Love's Creators Deconstruct The Show's Finale 2) A Reissue Of Nick Lowe's 'Labour Of Lust' Is 'So Fine'

Stories: 1) Tracing The 'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks 2) Before 'Ipanema,' Stan Getz's Exquisite 'Quintets' 3) 'Win-Win': A Go-For-It Movie With Dissonant Notes