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A recent male college graduate sought Michel Martin's advice about navigating through economic troubles that have disproportionately affected his generation. In her weekly commentary, Martin discusses his letter and asks listeners what advice they would give.

Tell Me More begins its series "In Limbo" with the story of a man who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border by literally jumping over a fence. He picked tomatoes, shoveled sulfur and scraped fish lard before becoming one of America's most respected neurosurgeons. Host Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa.

Holiday shopping means lots of trinkets for loved one, but it can also mean lots of debt. To learn whether Americans should save more and spend less, host Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax and Princeton Professor Sheldon Garon. Garon's new book is Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves.

Danny Burstein talks about his lengthy career on stage, screen and television. Also, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku describes some of the inventions he thinks will appear in the coming century, and rock critic Ken Tucker reviews a new collection of Buck Owens tunes.

Most companies don't factor in differences in pay when it comes to health premiums. Yet it's common for there to be different rates for single, couple and family coverage and for different types of plans.

Shares cost $250 each and they're more like souvenirs than investments. But the team's fans are snapping them up.

Protesters hope to draw attention to what they call a government that favors the wealthy over the middle class. They will be taking their message to Congress, lobbyists and other Washington power brokers. Host Michel Martin speaks with Rev. C.J. Hawking, a Methodist minister from Chicago, who is in Washington for the protests.

Ambassador Robert Ford left in late October because of what the State Department said were "credible threats" against his safety. He has been a very visible supporter of those who oppose the Assad regime.

Herman Cain has suspended his presidential campaign. Host Scott Simon gets the story from NPR's Don Gonyea

The recent film portrays former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover as a man who had to keep his sexual orientation a secret — while collecting other people's secrets to use against them. Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black explains how he researched the film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio.