A fiscal cliff deal. Uproar over Sandy relief. Hillary’s health. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Once Star Trek’s Mr. Sulu, now he’s a web favorite and a big voice for gay rights. We’re talking with the singular George Takei.

There’s a world of oil up in the Arctic waters off Alaska. But a drilling rig run aground has revived fears about the price we may pay to tap it.

Jared Diamond tells us what we can learn from traditional societies.

The US economy in 2013. We’ll look at the bright spots, red flags and big trends for the year ahead.

Nature speaks. We’ll hear a symphony of natural sound. Growls and gurgles, wind and water, wolf and jaguar, glaciers on the move.

Hammering out a deal. We’ve got the latest news and analysis from the fiscal cliff.

Superstar Dolly Parton joins us to talk music and where she’s found meaning in life.

We’ll get the latest on the fast-approaching fiscal cliff.

The opera “therapist,” the opera “terrorist.” Two greats. We’ll listen in with critic Peter Conrad.

The week in review, the year in review. Our weekly news roundtable live and in the studio looks back at 2012 and peeks ahead to the brand new year.

From spoiled milk to monkey brains – and worse. What revolts us and why? We’ll take on the science of disgust.

From the origins of the universe, to the Tudor age, to an Indian reservation in North Dakota, we look at the best books of the year.

Ken Perenyi made millions forging famous works of art. Now he tells all.

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison joins us to talk race, war, redemption and her new book, “Home.”

A new documentary, “Rejoice and Shout,” explores gospel music from roots to right now. We’re listening.

From Wikipedia to Kickstarter, we’ll look at the growing power of collaboration as a source of hope and progress with Steven Johnson, author of “Future Perfect.”

How rock ‘n roll saved the Christmas song.

We’ll get the latest from the edge as the nation hurtles towards the fiscal cliff.

The aftermath of an American massacre. Blame for Benghazi. Plans, A, B, and C for the fiscal cliff. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

In the sacred season, spiritual leaders from Connecticut take on the challenge of Newtown.

Online privacy changes and Instagram. Who owns your digital life?

A controversial fiscal cliff: peg social security payments to a lower inflation gauge, — the “chained CPI.” We’ll look at the impact.

What a generation of older parents means for family life and American society.

The political power of the NRA after Newtown. Will a massacre of children break the grip of the NRA?

The sound of commerce. How advertising has moved in on American popular music.

Mass shootings, Sandy Hook, and how we care for troubled minds.

The real cosmology of the ancient Maya, as Mayan apocalypse fever hits American pop culture.

Our society and guns in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.

Tragedy strikes an elementary school in Connecticut. A mass shooting leaves dozens dead. We’ll get the latest.

He brought Indian music to the world. We’ll remember sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar.

A North Korean missile goes long range. Union defeat in Michigan. Will it be a fiscal cliff Christmas? Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Big money investors are now buying up piles of homes, and whole neighborhoods. We’ll look at what’s happening with houses and the real estate market.

Once we went to the Moon. Now we make smartphone apps. We’ll talk about really taking on our big challenges, with big ambition again. Cancer. The climate. Sky’s the limit.

We’ll explore the body and mind-bending world of competitive yoga.

Unions in the age of right to work laws. We’ll look at labor and organized labor nationwide after the big fight in Michigan.

Revolution in the world of TV, video, cable. Everybody’s migrating. We’ll see where they’re going.

Hedge fund masters of the universe in trouble. We’ll look at what’s coming out.

“Because I said So.” Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings on the myths and warnings parents give their kids.

We go back to Syria, where the fighting is intense, the warnings are loud, and the future is wildly unclear.

We will “Take Five” and remember jazz great Dave Brubeck.

The White House threatens to go over the fiscal cliff. Tough chemical warfare warnings for Syria. Big bank layoffs. A royal baby bump. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

From the origins of the universe, to the Tudor age, to an Indian reservation in North Dakota, On Point looks at the best books of the year.

2012 has seen drought, wildfire, ice-melt, Sandy, and 70-degree temps in Chicago in December. What are we going to do about climate change?

A murder-suicide in the NFL – Kansas City Chiefs – puts a high-profile spotlight on domestic violence. What do we see there?

Big powers want to chop up the global internet and put nations in charge. Russia. China. We’re looking at the push to rein in the web.

American Revolution. Historian Kevin Phillips looks at American politics then and now from 1775.

Liberals on the fiscal cliff. The White House is negotiating tough. We’ll hear the liberal view of the cliff and its meaning.

They’re growing up. They need work. A life. Maybe work the rest of us might fail at.

The law and American drones. They’re killing all over. What should the rules be?

It’s hip. It’s big. Does it keep us from living a full life?

Cracks in the GOP tax pledge. Obama and Romney do lunch. Palestinian statehood at the U.N. Uproar in Egypt. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

A.I., artificial intelligence, is on the move again. Deep learning. Big strides. It may change the world around you.

Your tax breaks may be on the chopping block at the fiscal cliff. Home mortgage interest, state income tax and charitable deductions. We’ll add it all up.

Superstar Dolly Parton joins us to talk music and where she’s found meaning in life.

Rebels on the move in Congo. We’ll go there with NPR’s John Burnett. To Africa’s endless war.

“This American Life” contributor Davy Rothbart on life and love on the road, and his latest collection, “My Heart Is An Idiot.”

Texas talks secession. A big petition is before the White House. We’ll hears the case.

Too much stuff in our lives. We’ll talk to “The Minimalists,” who say throw it away, and don’t look back.

Fracking for natural gas booms on. But it uses and pollutes a lot of water. We’ll look at the push to reduce, reuse, and recycle “frack water.”