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NPR's Audie Cornish talks with comedy writers Michael Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas about coming to terms with America's messy history, and turning discomfort into the sitcom "Rutherford Falls."

We revisit NPR's Audie Cornish's conversation with comedy writers Michael Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas about America's messy history and turning discomfort into the sitcom "Rutherford Falls."

Dole, who died Dec. 5, represented Kansas in the Senate for 27 years, and was the Republican nominee for president in 1996. He spoke to Fresh Air in '05 about his experiences fighting in World War II.

Everyone, it seems, knows of someone who never pays his or her share following dinner at a restaurant, or someone who never repays money borrowed from a family member. NPR contributor Michelle Singletary, an expert on personal finance, and Jeanne Fleming, co-author of Isn't It Their Turn to Pick Up the Check?, offer tips on showing tough love when it comes to money.

Among the shows with the most nominations this year are Squid Game, Better Call Saul and Succession.

An internal power squabble that briefly turned public — and ugly — had already resolved before Saturday’s meeting to elect a new chair to lead the Illinois Democratic Party for the next four years. But the fight hung over the meeting at Springfield’s largest union hall as U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly accepted her ouster as head of the state party — an organization that had, for years, largely been another fundraising tool for longtime Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with rapper Tasman Keith about his newest album, "A Colour Undone."

U.S. Catholic bishops are wrapping up their annual meeting in Atlanta. They vowed to continue fighting the Obama administration over contraceptive health coverage. Plus, ten years after sexual abuse scandals were revealed, the bishops assessed whether they're doing enough to protect children. Host Michel Martin speaks with two religion reporters.

The Obama administration offered help to nonviolent offenders like Dana Bowerman, but more than half the applications sent to the Clemency Project 2014 have not been processed.