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Liane Hansen speaks with Dr. Joe Sachs, who serves as edical technical advisor on the set of the popular TV drama "ER." Sachs xplains how the show's cast and writers are able to realistically portray edical procedures and build such strong characters.

Liane speaks with Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist, laywright, screenwriter and novelist Jules Feiffer about his new children's ook "A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears" (Harper Collins).

With COVID-19 cases spiking in Michigan and vaccinations stalled, some businesses are asking customers to show proof of vaccination. But there are unvaccinated residents who call this discrimination.

WAS IT REALLY A STAR THAT DREW THREE WISE MEN TO BETHLEHEM ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS. MAYBE NOT, A MODERN-DAY ASTRONOMER TELLS SCOTT. AND WE HAVE A READING FROM T.S. ELIOT'S "JOURNEY OF THE MAGI."

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with housing attorney Lee Camp about the new eviction moratorium the CDC issued now that the previous moratorium has expired.

Danny treks around various sites in Washington,D.C., which is in the midst of a huge winter storm that's likely to deposit upwards of 20 inches of snow on the ground. He begins at the Capitol Building, where kids are sledding down the building's steps; then Danny talks with a meteorologist from the National Weather Service who says this storm may be one of the biggest ever in the mid-Atlantic region; finally, Danny visits a homeless shelter not far from Capitol Hill.

Daniel speaks with Marion Nestle about this past week's endoresment of vegetarian diets by the federal government. Nestle was on the USDA panel that issued the guidelines on vegetarian diets and she says that for many years there's been evidence to show that eating vegetarian is healthy.

fire stock market columnist Dan Dorfman, for refusing to tell editors the names of anonymous sources he used in his stories. Dorfman also does commentary for the NBC cable television network, CNBC, which says it has no plans to fire him.

SIMON/PUNS: SCOTT SIMON FRACTURES THE LANGUAGE WITH NORMAN GILBERT IN TORONTO, WHOSE PUN-LOVING GROUP JUST RELEASED 1995'S BEST PUNS.

decision to expel a Saudi dissident at the behest of the Saudi monarchy.