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A non-profit organization in Berlin has invented a small portable transmitter that can download satellite signals and rebroadcast them on FM for Syrians to listen to on their car or household radios.

In Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami spins whimsical and daring short stories about a talking monkey, man-eating cats on a Greek island and the girl from Ipanema. The writer himself appears in a few of them.

Our panelists predict what will be Sean Penn's next big scoop.

As NPR's Southern Bureau chief, Russell Lewis covers issues and people of the Southeast for NPR — from Florida to Virginia to Texas, including West Virginia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. His work brings context and dimension to issues ranging from immigration, transportation, and oil and gas drilling for NPR listeners across the nation and around the world.

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf won Saturday's election handily, though a pending Supreme Court decision could rule him ineligible. That ruling won't occur until Oct. 17 at the earliest, but Pakistan residents seem relatively indifferent to the outcome.

The debate in the United States about whether its forces should be pulled out of Iraq is gathering momentum. One set of voices often overlooked in the debate is that of ordinary soldiers. We talk to some who've seen their colleagues killed and injured about their thoughts on withdrawal.

Sunni Arab negotiators in Iraq are so far rejecting the constitutional draft presented to the National Assembly Monday. Their largest concern is about the terms under which Iraq will be a federation. And some Iraqis fear the document will lead to a country dominated by Shiite clerics.

In the first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne's classic tales of Winnie the Pooh, author David Benedictus treads gently on the sacred woods of the original.

Monday is the latest deadline for an Iraqi constitution. Despite renewed optimism, a number of key issues are unresolved, including the role of Islam, distribution of oil wealth and women's rights.

We ask the creator of Mad Men about men who are glad rather than mad — success coaches, motivational speakers and happiness gurus. Originally broadcast March 28, 2015.