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This week sets the table for Donald Trump's entry into the White House, as Cabinet picks face scrutiny in the Senate, the president-elect faces reporters — and Barack Obama offers his farewell.

Kenya Barris created the ABC sitcom, Blackish. He says Donald Trump's win has changed the course of his show, to have a renewed focus on addressing serious issues, as it did in the first two seasons.

Rachel Martin talks to Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin about the Senate's version of a health care bill, which is expected to head for a vote later this week.

Augusten Burroughs is one of America's most successful memoirists. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with him about his latest book, Lust & Wonder.

In 1996, The Dana Carvey Showdebuted --then folded after producing only eight episodes. Critic David Bianculli says Hulu's Too Funny To Fail about the flop is entertaining from beginning to end.

Senate leaders had hoped to pass the funding bill Thursday but were forced to wait after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., objected. His maneuver makes a temporary lapse in funding basically inevitable.

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky about why his state is thinking about giving school districts the ability to place full-time armed marshals in schools.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Lou McDonald, the new leader of Sinn Fein, the Irish political party. McDonald is the party's first new leader in 34 years.

How President Trump's travel ban has left a number of American citizens and Yemeni-American families trapped in the tiny country of Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa.

Throughout her life, comedian Sarah Silverman has experienced varying degrees of depression, which she likens to a "chemical change." She plays a profoundly depressed woman in the film I Smile Back.