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Traveling westward along California's Route 66, the Santa Monica Pier rises just as the highway ends and the Pacific coast begins, its marquee Ferris wheel hovering majestically over the ocean. In celebration of the pier's centennial, Renee Montagne walks the wooden planks and speaks to some of the locals.

Adam Carolla, who has successfully made the transition from radio to podcasting, says his popular CarCast podcast was inspired by public radio's Car Talk, only his show is funnier. Carolla has two podcasts in the iTunes Top 10.

After baring her soul on dance stages, movie screens and gallery walls all over New York, the Oscar-winning actress can officially say that — artistically speaking — she's pretty much done it all.

Fernando Perez, the 26-year-old outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays, has written an essay in the September issue of Poetry Magazine about the firm place poetry holds in his life. Perez says poetry and baseball occupy different realms of his life.

With the holidays fast approaching, it's time to put the finishing touches on yuletide decorations and last-minute prep for those year-end parties. Host Liane Hansen speaks with style maven Martha Stewart about holiday traditions, cooking, health and wellness.

Dominique Crenn was raised in Versailles, France. She now makes an incredible Thanksgiving dinner, but when she first came to the U.S., the entire holiday threw her off. In France, turkey is eaten at Christmas. So the American phenomenon of Thanksgiving turkey and dressing mystified her.

Somebody calling MTV "trash television" isn't exactly news. This time it's the Italian-American group UNICO, talking about the reality series Jersey Shore. Commentator Andrew Wallenstein says there's a reason we find stereotypes on TV.

The New London Theatre's War Horse, a captivating story about war and friendship, is told with the help of life-sized horse puppets. Jeff Lunden speaks with the actors -- and the puppeteers -- behind this particular type of mechanized magic.

Theatergoers are packing a concert hall in Frankfurt, Germany, for a new musical about Barack Obama, but the show's creator says the production isn't just about the president.

Store shelves these days are packed with products claiming to be "eco-friendly." But it's hard to know exactly what that means. An exhibition in New York tackles that question with the help of 10 top designers. The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum — together with the Nature Conservancy — asked the designers to create surprising products out of renewable materials from 10 different areas in the world.