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In <em>Inherent Vice,</em> Joaquin Phoenix (left) plays a burned-out hippie private eye, while Josh Brolin is a Los Angeles Police Department detective -- Lt. Detective "Bigfoot" Bjornsen -- who is investigating a murder and kidnapping case.

Fresh Air Weekend: Ray Davies, Books For Jazz Lovers And Josh Brolin

Ray Davies discusses 50 years with The Kinks; jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews three jazz books out this holiday season; Josh Brolin, who stars in Inherent Vice, still wonders if he's good enough.

After scanning a $1 bill with iBill, a speaker announces, "one dollar."

Is That $1 or $5? Ask This Money Reader For The Blind

The iBill, a new currency reader being offered by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, aims to change how the blind identify different kinds of bills.

The Folk Show Saturday Afternoon with Chas Brua

John Lilly, Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet, Eileen Ivers, Natalie MacMaster, Dave MacIsaac, Michael McNevin, Dobet Gnahore, Aengus Finnan,…

India's new wave of runners is ready to race. This crowd took off at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Nov. 23.

The Decreasing Loneliness Of The Indian Long-Distance Runner

Our India correspondent used to say she'd only run if a tiger were chasing her. Now she's a jogger in New Delhi — and finds that many former non-runners are joining her in parks and in races.

President Hassan Rouhani's election last year gave many Iranians hope, but he has not offered a clear path out of the country's current problems, which include a weakening economy, tough sanctions and nuclear talks that are dragging on.

For Iran, The Trend Lines All Seem To Point In The Wrong Direction

Many Iranians were upbeat when Hassan Rouhani was elected last year. But much of that optimism has faded due to the nuclear talks that are dragging and a bleak economic outlook.

GOP Unseats Sen. Mary Landrieu In Louisiana

Republicans have reason to party in New Orleans this weekend. The GOP picked up a ninth Senate seat in Louisiana's runoff election Saturday — and by a wide margin.

South African Pierre Korkie was killed in a failed rescue attempt along with American photojournalist Luke Somers. U.S. officials were reportedly unaware that Korkie was being held along with Somers nor that arrangements had already been made for his release.

U.S. Reportedly Unaware Of Second Hostage Ahead Of Failed Rescue

When U.S. Navy SEALs raided an al-Qaida hideout in a failed bid to rescue American Luke Somers, they didn't know that South African Pierre Korkie was also being held there.

The Folk Show Saturday Afternoon with Steve Van Hook

Jonathan Richman, Tommy Roberts, Dede Wyland, Mike Munford, Rickie Simpkins, Ronnie Simpkins & Wyatt Rice, Blaze Foley, Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Nanci…

The Folk Show Sunday Night with host Bob Lumley-Sapanski

jefferson airplane, doyle lawson & quicksilver, alison krauss/union station, catfish keith, carolina chocolate drops, michelle shocked, maria muldaur,…

No need to wonder what's in this bologna; The Herbivorous Butcher lists every ingredient on its website: Tofu, vital wheat gluten, tomato juice, tapioca flour, tomato paste, nutritional yeast, vegan beef bouillon, canola oil, soy sauce, agar agar, red beet powder, sugar, salt, liquid smoke, onion powder, garlic powder and celery seed.

Siblings Build A Butcher Shop For 'Meat'-Loving Vegans

Kale and Aubry Walch plan to open the country's first vegan butcher shop. Their goal: to free vegans from enduring yet another tofurkey holiday.

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