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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.

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.

New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg has reported that human excrement and dangerous chemicals are making their way into our waterways and then into our drinking water. Duhigg returns to Fresh Air to talk the problems with our nation's sewer system.

Host Michel Martin talks to Iranian journalist and political cartoonist Nikahang Kowsar. Kowsar, who lives in exile in Canada, recently launched a citizen journalism Web site which has become a repository for first hand accounts of life in Iran. Kowsar discusses his recent journalistic venture and the current political tensions arising in his home country.

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.

The heads of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art have made a Super Bowl wager: The IMA will loan William Trevor's The Fifth Plague of Egypt, to NOMA if the Colts lose the Super Bowl. If the Saints lose, NOMA will loan Claude Lorrain's Ideal View of Tivoli.

Cheech and Chong, the famous stoner comedy duo, have reunited for their first tour in more than 25 years. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong released their first comedy albums in the 1970s, with routines about hippies, sex and most notably, their love of marijuana. Marin and Chong talk with NPR's Neal Conan about their "Get It Legal" tour, their friendship and what brought them back together after so many years.

For 30 years Mikki Taylor has made sure black women look their very best as the beauty and cover director of Essence magazine. Now she's planning to retire. Host Michel Martin speaks with her about her career.

Film maker Tyler Perry has made millions from his screen and stage portrayals of the smart mouth, wise-cracking character Madea. But some argue that Perry’s characters and movies demean the black community with harmful stereotypes. New Yorker contributing writer Hilton Als talks about his recent piece on this subject.

Parents have long been expected to spend their free time helping out in their kids' schools — from chaperoning field trips to decorating the teachers' lounge, to organizing fundraising events. But some parents, like mother and writer Helaine Olen, have had enough. Olen recently wrote a piece for the online publication Double X titled "Why I'm Sick of Volunteering at My Kid's Wealthy School." She talks about it with Host Michel Martin, along with regular parenting contributors Dani Tucker, Jolene Ivey, and Leslie Morgan Steiner.