Host Brian Lehrer and NPR's Nina Totenberg discuss reporting on the historic Supreme Court decision on the contested 2000 presidential election.

Brian interviews "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart about the political satire on the show and its relationship with the politicians and journalists it skewers.

Brian interviews "Ms." editor Marcia Ann Gillespie about the magazine.

David Wallace reports on former "New York Daily News" hangout McFadden's Saloon.

Karen Michel reports on obituaries on NPR and in "The New York Times." She interviews Marvin Siegel, Claiborne Ray, and Robert McG. Thomas of "The Times" and Tom Cole of NPR about writing obits.

Brian interviews William Randolph Hearst biographer David Nasaw and discusses the similarities between Hearst and Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane."

In a Word Watch segment, David C. Barnett investigates the word "heartland."

NBC is involved with the new XFL professional league founded by WWE's Vince McMahon. OTM spoofs the league.

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