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President Biden met with new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House Monday. The two leaders are trying to show they're on the same page on how to sanction Russia if it invades Ukraine.

Andrea talks with our Cultural Concierge, Jesse Kornbluth. This week Kornbluth wants everyone to watch the 1938 Russian film Alexander Nevsky, which he says has one of the greatest soundtracks in film history.

As President Biden is set to fulfill his promise to nominate a Black woman justice to the Supreme Court, Black women in the legal profession talk about the significance of the moment.

Scott Rudin knows a thing or two about making great films. His name is attached to two of the five movies competing for this year's Best Picture Oscar: He's the executive producer of There Will Be Blood and the producer of No Country for Old Men.

Director Ang Lee had to cut nine minutes from his racy Lust, Caution before the film could be released in China — and performers as diverse as Gwen Stefani and Ian McKellen have recently been asked to cover up rather than offend local audiences.

A study finds that in 2002, only 52 percent of America's young adults read a book voluntarily.

NPR's Scott Simon visits Academy Award winning producer Irwin Winkler to talk shop — what does a producer do anyway? Winkler learned his lessons at the old William Morris agency.

With a shadowy past and a dark allure, Catwoman has been a compelling figure, for women and men alike. But she's anything but static. Her character, like her costume, has changed over time, from conflicted villain to damaged but empowered antihero.

Solas Nua is perhaps the only theater group in the country that produces nothing but contemporary Irish plays. Linda Murray, its founder and artistic director, talks with Jacki Lyden about how rapidly Irish identity is changing and how that is reflected in a new "Golden Age" of Irish drama.

The antiviral infusion was just revived as an early treatment for COVID patients. But the drug is relatively expensive and hard to administer, relegating it to what some are calling "stopgap" status.