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Writer Michael Lewis was given unusual access to the president for six months for an article for Vanity Fair. Lewis tells Fresh Air that he found a "weird disjuncture between his powers and his powerlessness."

mas Bonuses - Daniel talks with Michael Lewis an editor at the New Republic Magazine. Mr. Lewis is a former Wall Street stockbroker and they'll talk about the drastically reduced Christmas bonuses handed out by Wall Street this year. They'll also talk about the climate that pervades the annual bonus season.

Robert talks with Charles Lewis, the executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, about his book, "The Buying of the President." Lewis' book traces campaign contributions for current presidential candidates as far back as 1979 and identifies the top 10 "career donors."

The Islamic world once led the globe in science and religious tolerance. But in his new book on Islam, historian Bernard Lewis describes a culture in turmoil. Lewis talks with All Things Considered host Robert Siegel about the politics of hate and historic choices ahead.

Only three federal executions have taken place since 1988. Four prisoners are scheduled to be executed over the next two months.

In Fair Game, Valerie Plame Wilson tells her side of the White House scandal over the leak of her identity. The former CIA agent's cover was blown by a conservative columnist after her husband criticized the Bush administration's rationale for the Iraq war.

New York City officials are experimenting with a new way to fund social programs normally paid for with tax dollars. New York City officials say the prison intervention program could keep many of the nearly four thousand adolescent males that enter the jail system each year from returning. WNYC's Colby Hamilton reports Goldman Sachs is set to make a nearly $10 million investment in a social impact bond.

More than 25 years after Tupac Shakur's death, there's been a development in the investigation into his murder. The Las Vegas Police Department says it has issued a search warrant in Nevada.

Miami's biggest boss performs six songs with a live band in this Tiny Desk quarantine concert, part of our Black History Month celebration.

A Cincinnati casino announced that Kevin Lewis had won a $1 million drawing. After the ceremonial check was presented, another Kevin Lewis came forward. Oops, he was the real winner. So what did the casino do? It rewarded them both.