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Panel Round Two
More questions for the panel: The Customer is Always an Infidel; Book Guilt.
Panel Round One
Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: Superbriefs!
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: "Yes. I Can Hear You Now; The Leftist Coast; Pedal Pushers."
Bluff The Listener
Our panelists tell three stories about smarter than average animals.
Just In Time: The New Agency Responsible For Keeping The NSA In Check
"We don't have a web site, we don't have email. We're really the equivalent of a government start-up, " says the brand new chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board which is tasked with making sure that secret government surveillance programs aren't abused.
David Cross (left) reprises his role as Dr. Tobias Funke, the sexually ambig...
Fresh Air Weekend: Mitch Hurwitz, Jason Isbell And 'Before Midnight'
Arrested Development's creator tells Fresh Air that if the show doesn't get the right ratings this time, he can't blame the time slot. Isbell's new album, Southeastern, hits the spot. In Richard Linklater's third film about Jesse and Celine, the two have coupled up, but it's no fairy tale.