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In Dexter, the new Showtime series starring Michael C. Hall of Six Feet Under fame, a forensics expert investigates serial killers by day and turns into one at night, stalking and murdering criminals.

Maz Jobrani, Ahmed Ahmed and Aron Kader make up the Axis of Evil Comedy group. (They're of Iranian, Egyptian and Palestinian descent, respectively). Their special premiered on Comedy Central last month. It's out on DVD this week.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the German and Turkish film Head-On, a love story that begins with attempted suicides from both protagonists.

Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) turns 100 this week. The longest-serving U.S. senator is retiring after nearly 50 years. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with his biographer, Nadine Cohodas.

After a childhood that even Dickens could not have conceived of, Heather Mills McCartney overcame huge odds to become first a model, then a leading anti-landmine advocate, then the wife of Paul McCartney. She talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the new edition of her autobiography, A Single Step.

Kenyans turn out for presidential elections Friday, choosing a successor to Daniel arap Moi. Voting is said to be peaceful as people cast ballots for one of five candidates. Moi has ruled Kenya for 24 years. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

Host John Ydstie talks with Dr. Elmo Shropshire, the veterinarian who performs the most requested Christmas song ever in radio history: "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer."

In 1998, Hurricane George blew Big Boy the cat into a tree in Gulfport, Mississippi. He's been there ever since. Big Boy is a big cat, he doesn't like other cats in his tree and refuses to come down. Linda talks with Lonnie Bobinger Sr., Big Boy's owner.

Host Scott Simon talks with historian Paul Nagel, author of John Quincy Adams, A Public Life, A Private Life, about the other son of a president who became president after a contested election.

Stradivarius stringed instruments are often considered the finest in the world, certainly the most expensive. Renowned cellist Bernard Greenhouse, longtime member of the Beaux Arts Trio, recently went through the painstaking process of allowing his beloved Stradivarius to be disassembled and restored - piece by piece. NPR's Rick Karr has the story.