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Guy Raz talks to Zachary Goldfarb, reporter for the Washington Post, about the growth in Wall Street profits since the financial crisis. According to Goldfarb, Wall Street has made more money during the Obama administration's first term than in the entirety of the Bush administration. Goldfarb says these profits were the direct result of government policies — across two administrations — in response to the financial crisis.

Johnny DuPree is the first African-American candidate to win a major party's nomination for governor in Mississippi since Reconstruction. Though he remains a long shot against GOP Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, DuPree says his run shows that the state has made progress.

The Census Bureau released a new experimental poverty measure Monday that takes into account benefits people receive, spending and geographic differences. Under the new measure, which won't replace the official one, more than 2 million additional people in the U.S. are described as poor.

The United States Supreme Court Monday heard arguments in a case that combines the Middle East conflict with the dueling foreign policy roles of Congress and the president. Specifically, the question was whether Congress can force the executive branch to list Israel as the birthplace for United States citizens born in Jerusalem.

In another sign that a cease-fire agreement signed with the Arab League had crumbled, activists say more than 100 people have been killed in the past five days in clashes with government forces. The Arab League called an emergency meeting for Saturday.

The debate in Washington, says the former president, is "all about 'is the government good or bad or taxes always good or bad?' "

NASA has relied on a special kind of fuel, called plutonium-238, to power robotic space missions for five decades. And some scientists have found that it sometimes seems easier to chart a course across the solar system than to navigate the budget process inside Washington, D.C.

NPR's Neal Conan reads from listener comments on previous show topics, including ways to reduce student loan debt, finding the humor in life as a stay-at-home dad, and what schools teach students about sex.

While DVD sales plummet in the U.S. and book publishers fear for their futures, pre-orders for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 totaled some nine million copies. Jamin Warrren of Kill Screen Magazine talks about how Modern Warfare 3 is extending an invitation to non-gamers to belly up to the console.

Spotify is fast, convenient and legal, but can it turn a profit?