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Low-key British singer-songwriter Beth Orton releases a collection of alternative takes, B-sides and remixes on The Other Side of Daybreak a sort of companion piece to her last CD, Daybreak). Orton's folk-guitar sound is mixed with elements of electronica provided by Kieran Hebden, a musician better known as Four Tet. Will Hermes has a review.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times about the changing fortunes of NBC's The West Wing. President Bartlet and his White House staff are still soldiering through threats to national security and Washington scandals. But the cast is working this season without the writing of show creator Aaron Sorkin.

This year's match-up between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams is expected to be the most bet on Super Bowl ever.

Peloton has laid off 20% of its workforce and lost more than $400 million in its most recent quarter.

California Garlic farmer Chester Aaron talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about his father's Russian soup and several holiday dips that use garlic.

The Dolly Parton amusement park's parent company will fund all tuition and fees for select programs. "Their futures should be grown with love, not loans," Herschend Enterprises CEO Andrew Wexler says.

The Way to Paradise, by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, devotes alternating chapters to the lives of political activist Flora Tristan and her grandson, the artist Paul Gauguin. The two were idealists bound to struggle against the status quo. Alan Cheuse has a review.

A number of companies are developing sustainable vertical aircraft for flying short distances.

Angels in America, playwright Tony Kushner's epic meditation on AIDS, hope and despair in 1980s America, is finally making the move from the stage to the small screen. The television movie boasts an all-star cast, and its first installment airs Sunday on HBO. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

The last installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy opens in theaters next week, and the three films could eventually earn $3 billion in worldwide ticket sales. But the project almost never happened -- Kim Masters reports on New Line Cinema's $400-million gamble on director Peter Jackson's sweeping vision.