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  • Joy Orbison returns, Detroit gets the house track it deserves, and three of the biggest names in U.K. garage unite.
  • Business reporter Adam Davidson spent months investigating the Trump Hotel Baku deal, which the Trump Organization cut its ties with a month after Trump's election. In his detailed story for The New Yorker, Davidson writes that Trump did business with corrupt partners who also did business with Iran's Revolutionary Guard. This would be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
  • Cities like Dubai, Istanbul and Abu Dhabi have become popular touring destinations for American artists. They can get their gear there, no problem — but how do they get it home again safely?
  • Neil Gorsuch faced hours of questions from senators trying to get him to reveal his judicial philosophy. Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog talks about what it was like inside the hearing room on Tuesday.
  • Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks with filmmaker Till Schauder and basketball player Kevin Sheppard. Schauder's new film goes behind the scenes in Iran, where Sheppard played professionally for a time. The film is called The Iran Job.
  • Mitt Romney's style during the GOP debates and the first presidential debate was fact-filled and assertive, as he tried to demonstrate his mastery of data. Expect more of that Tuesday night. It's a style consistent with someone who's made a lot of corporate boardroom pitches.
  • Puzzler extraordinaire Noah Tarnow recites to contestants clever haiku poems that each allude to a different brand of breakfast cereal.
  • Joel Grey won an Academy Award 40 years ago as best supporting actor for his role as master of ceremonies in the film version of Cabaret, a character he created for the musical which hit Broadway in 1966. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin looks back on Cabaret with the actor and dancer.
  • From food scientists who study the human palate to maximize consumer bliss, to marketing campaigns that target teens to hook them for life on a brand, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Moss' new book goes inside the world of processed, packaged goods.
  • As the school year gets underway, a lot of students are getting their hands on a host of new technology in their classrooms. But some schools are struggling to access basic supplies, let alone the latest and greatest devices. Host Michel Martin looks at technology in the classroom with Charles Best, founder of DonorsChoose.org.
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