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As Peggy Olson on AMC's drama series, the actress has learned about her character's personality and development episode by episode, script by script, just like those of us who watch the show on TV. And she tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that she prefers it that way.

Brad Stevens, coach of the Butler Bulldogs men's college basketball team, is headed for a bigger stage and bigger bucks in the NBA. NPR's Mike Pesca talks with Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin about why Stevens is a coach with indisputable, quantifiable worth.

The back story of the Moscow pageant, the Russian father-son duo — one a billionaire developer and the other an aspiring pop star, the British-born promoter and the future American president.

A top North Korean official is traveling to the U.S., indicating talks between Kim Jong Un and President Trump may be back on. Ex-diplomat Joel Wit tells us what the resumption of talks may portend.

The Trump administration aims to turn up the heat on the Taliban and force those fighters into peace talks proposed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Positive assessments by U.S. commanders there during a visit by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are a stark contrast to darker appraisals from the U.S. intelligence community and a top Afghanistan scholar.

The Iowa State Fair can be a lot of fun, but for presidential candidates it's serious business. California Sen. Kamala Harris came to the fair intent on proving she's a top-tier contender.

As White House officials begin trade talks in Beijing, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan talks to David Greene about his support for the tariffs on China that are intended to protect manufacturers in Ohio.

The recent controversies embroiling some of Virginia's top Democratic officials have the party reconsidering their leadership.

The dynasty of Daley politicians in Chicago appears to be ending — the city's two top mayoral candidates are African-American women. The women will compete in a runoff election next month.

The drive to make more milk has had an unsavory side effect: Cows have become more genetically similar and less fertile. Scientists are trying to recover valuable genetic variation that was lost.