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  • December is Oscar bait season at the movies, when there's a surge of films coming into theaters before the end of the year to qualify for the Academy Awards. One of the movies in that race opens Friday: Black Swan.
  • Steve Almond's new book is a powerful polemic laying out the reasons he, a longtime passionate football fan, is giving up the sport.
  • This spring, for the first time in decades, federally subsidized corn and wheat farmers can plant whatever they want, as part of the overhaul of U-S farm policy. The early signs show more farmers plan to plant soybeans, and fewer farmers plan to plant wheat. Frank Morris of member station KCUR in Kansas City reports.
  • If you're looking for a cracking summer read, NPR's Madhulika Sikka says you absolutely must pick up Michael Koryta's thrill-a-minute new novel about a teenager on the run in the Montana woods.
  • Abby Sunderland is far from the first teen to attempt to break a record by performing a feat usually left to seasoned pros. These young risk-takers have climbed mountains, flown planes, and sailed around the world.
  • The Christmas holidays always mean big money for Hollywood. The week between Christmas and New Year's Eve is traditionally the biggest box-office week of the year. But this year something weird is going on: more movies are opening on Sunday instead of the traditional Friday. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz talks with NPR's movie critic Bob Mondello about what this will mean for the holiday movie season.
  • In the tiny western Kansas town of Smith Center, high school football is not just a sport — it's a community-wide crusade. And the result is a stunning string of victories. A new book, Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen, tells their story.
  • Michelle Obama spoke today at a Hillary Clinton event in New Hampshire and addressed Donald Trump's comments on women, saying 'it has shaken me to my core."
  • Five years after the BP oil spill, the public has stopped asking whether seafood from the Gulf is safe to eat. But now there's a supply issue, and fishermen worry about the future of their industry.
  • Women, who make up 45 percent of the NFL's fan base, are critical of the league's handling of domestic abuse scandals. But some still support their teams and express sympathy for the players.
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