Radio producer Jake Dorman takes listeners along through the academic maze faced by students about to complete their doctoral degrees -- including an encounter with the mythic "Margin Lady."
This week, Wait Wait is live at Carnegie Hall with special guest Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and panelists Paula Poundstone, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Mo Rocca
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali about the fall of the dictatorship in Syria and his hopes for his homeland's future.