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Pastor Saeed Abedini was among the Americans released from Iranian prisons Saturday. His wife, Naghmeh, tells NPR's Michel Martin about her family's ordeal.

David Greene talks to Kevin Blackistone, a columnist with The Washington Post and a professor of journalism at the University of Maryland, about the NFL playoffs.

After more than 500 days in prison, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was freed, along with 4 others. Renee Montagne talks to Washington Post editor Marty Baron, who is in Germany with Rezaian.

The Greek coast guard has arrested 5 foreign members of volunteer rescue teams trying to help migrants crossing between Turkey and the Greek islands. They may be charged with aiding human trafficking.

German producer and musicologist Joachim-Ernst Berendt was an early champion of so-called world music. Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two cross-cultural rarities Berendt produced in the late 1960s.

01-14-16 5:45 PM newscast

Regina Mason's great-great-great-grandfather, a man named William Grimes, was a runaway slave and the author of what is now considered to be the first fugitive slave narrative.

01-18-16 9:30 AM newscast

A dispute between an Alaska boater and the National Park Service will be heard by the highest court in the country this week (Weds Jan. 20). As KUAC’s Dan…

Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood is based on a real forest in the English countryside. NPR's Ari Shapiro visits Ashdown Forest with Kathryn Aalto, author of The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh.