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HBO's How to Make It in America airs its season finale Sunday, and if you listen close, you'll see what sets music supervisor Scott Vener apart. He got his start on the hit series Entourage, but says the credit for finding new hit music shouldn't go to him.

Herman Cain is near the top of a new national poll, despite battling allegations of sexual harassment from a dozen years ago. So what do his likely fans at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation conference think of Cain and charges against him? NPR's Andrea Seabrook was there and talked to some of them.

He fills the positions that opened earlier this year when controversies led to Vivian Schiller's departure. Today on Talk of the Nation, and later on Twitter, Knell takes questions.

Melissa Block interviews Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee about his decision to leave his post as Republican conference chair this coming January. He has said that after four years in the third top spot in the Republican leadership, he's looking forward to having more independence.

Nailah Lymus, a 27-year-old aspiring designer and Muslim woman, had her first runway show during New York City's Fashion Week. Her clothing line, Amirah Creations, aims for modesty, but is also "transitional" in catering to both Muslims and non-Muslims.

The country's main intelligence agency, working with the U.S., arrested Younis al-Mauritani and two other suspected operatives. Mauritani was responsible for targeting American economic interests around the globe, according to Pakistan's military.

Japan looks set to get a new prime minister as early as Tuesday. But in a country that has been plagued by years of economic stagnation and a major disaster this spring, few are expecting a quick turnaround in the country's fortunes.

In Colombia, prosecutors say the country's intelligence service bugged the Supreme Court, tapped the telephones of judges and followed their every move. Prosecutors also say the illegal surveillance was directed from the offices of former President Alvaro Uribe.

The shakeup comes as Republicans step up pressure over the agency's failed gun trafficking operation. Kenneth E. Melson has stepped down. B. Todd Jones, U.S. attorney for Minnesota, will be the agency's new acting director.

NPR has named a new president and chief executive officer: Gary Knell, president and CEO of Sesame Workshop, the company that produces Sesame Street.