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Conductor Marian Alsop muses on her mentor's most religious symphony, a work that raises more questions than it answers.

Christopher Bonanos, an editor at New York Magazine, has written a history of Polaroid, called Instant.Host Scott Simon talks to Bonanos about his new book, in which he calls Polaroid the Apple of its day.

The first in a series of presidential debates is coming up on Wednesday. Host Scott Simon talks to trivia expert AJ Jacobs about some of the lesser known facts of presidential debates of the past.

Every four years the Presidential campaigns roll into Ohio. This year, the stakes are especially high for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney because no Republican has ever won the White House without a victory in Ohio. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Against a backdrop of violent street protests this week, Spain moved to reassure markets and pull itself out of the red. Lauren Frayer reports that in the past week, the country has announced a huge cut to government spending and auditors have revealed how much aid Spanish banks will need.

Host Scott Simon talks about the end of the NFL referee lockout and the end of the regular baseball season with Howard Bryant of ESPN.

Our panelists tell three stories about organizations forced to state the obvious.

Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger died Saturday morning at the age of 86. NPR's David Folkenflik talks with host Scott Simon about Sulzberger's legacy.

Catholics used to reliably side with Democrats, in large part because of the labor union movement. But after a century of integration, the group started to look like the rest of the American constituency. But out of this population, two new voting blocs have emerged — with more reliable preferences.

Arthur O. Sulzberger, the quiet man who modernized The New York Times over more than three decades and stubbornly defended the press against government interference, died early Saturday at his home in Long Island. He was 86.