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Many listeners responded to Wednesday's installment of the In Character series about Auntie Mame.

Listeners respond to the interview Tuesday with Tim Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics, about his group's call for a boycott of the new Hollywood comedy Tropic Thunder. He said the film's use of the word "retard" qualifies as hate speech, and that generated mixed reactions.

Republican John McCain has called for greater oversight of the Bush administration's proposed $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial markets. His Democratic rival, Barack Obama, said the bailout plan is forcing a renewed look at federal spending.

Listeners responded to sportswriters Stefan Fatsis's comments on Shea Stadium and to Noah Adams' report on the Finnish Men's Shouting Choir.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson did his best to defend the department's rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Tuesday on Capitol Hill, while Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a downbeat summary of the problems facing the U.S. economy.

The conversation with Christopher McNair, one of the last surviving parents of the girls killed in the 16th Street Bombing in Birmingham, Ala., sparked numerous listener e-mails. There is also a correction to Monday's show.

In the pre-apocalyptic love song "The Temptation of Adam," Josh Ritter demonstrates his considerable gift for subtle, warmly evocative turns of phrase. As the song unfolds, he revels in the simplicity of the end times, acknowledging that romance is easier when it unfolds in isolation.

An unusual exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York shows design at its cheapest and most functional. "Design for the Other 90%" displays the work of social entrepreneurs whose designs help people who lack food, education, water and shelter.

In his short but brilliant career, he pioneered a new standard of rapid-fire virtuosity on the electric bass and helped bridge the jazz and pop music of his day. Close collaborators offer a retrospective on Jaco Pastorius.

Multiple truck bombings west of Mosul Tuesday claimed at least 175 lives and left at least 200 people wounded. The attacks seem to have targeted three villages that are home to the Yazidis, an ancient minority sect.