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Oil prices rose and the stock market fell Friday, as investors reacted to rising tension in the Middle East. Fallout from the killing of a top Iranian military leader was more muted than expected.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Ofra Bloch about her documentary Afterward. Having grown up surrounded by Holocaust survivors, Bloch decided to examine her long-held belief that Germans were bad.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to scholar Frances Dickey of the University of Missouri about the trove of love letters T.S. Eliot wrote to a woman he called his "muse." The letters were unsealed this week.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ernest Moniz, former Secretary of Energy, about what the latest escalation with Iran might mean for the country's nuclear ambitions and potential negotiations.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with radio host Reza Goharzad about how the Iranian American community in Southern California is reacting to the airstrike that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NPR correspondents Deb Amos, Eleanor Beardsley and Daniel Estrin about the global reactions to the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani by the United States.

NPR's Life Kit podcast tackles budgeting and how it might even be an enjoyable New Year's resolution.

Following the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed the top Iranian general, the U.S.-led military coalition fighting ISIS said it's temporarily stopping that fight to brace for retaliation from Iran.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Richard Johnson of the Nuclear Threat Initiative about the implications of Iran ending a key component of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal.

Though their improvising gets rowdy at times, the Very Practical Trio players don't neglect the tune when they jam. Kevin Whitehead says the ensemble's new album has a nice give and take.