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We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

Stream now with KPBS Passport! Dreamy American pop act Japanese Breakfast and eclectic U.K. tunesmith Arlo Parks share an hour of heartfelt performances. Japanese Breakfast, AKA bestselling author Michelle Zauner, plays songs from her breakthrough album "Jubilee." Parks performs songs from her Mercury Prize-winning album "Collapsed in Sunbeams."

More than 90% of Indians have arranged marriages, and polls show most are happy with that system. But for couples who want to follow their hearts, the risks can be severe.

TEDx Talks: The Murder Room is a horror/thriller inspired by the films Split and Misery. It is the 2nd play in the Thrillogy Series, written & directed by Michael Mizerany and an homage to everything that is horror - jump scares, dark humor, violent altercations and killers that just won’t die. Featuring performances by Phillip Magin and Stephen Simpson and produced by Compulsion Dance & Theater. About The Play: Paul Foster, an Emmy winning actor in a not-so-acclaimed daytime soap, is kidnapped, chained to a bed and threatened until he can give the acting performance of his life. Or more accurately for his life. As he and his psychotic captor play out the scenes, secrets are revealed, each one more twisted, demented and deranged than the last. *Advisory: TEDx Talks: The Murder Room contains adult themes and content including profanity, sexual situations and dialogue, an extended scene of violence and some gore.

NPR's Scott Simon ponders a detail in this week's indictment of former President Trump: When his vice president refused to join a scheme to overturn the 2020 election, Trump called him "too honest."

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week, X-Terminators, The Righteous Gemstones, and the new Gabriels album Angels & Queens.

Internationally-acclaimed folk-pop singer Gordon Lightfoot comes to Balboa Theatre, Saturday, December 3. The performance is part of his concert tour which features Lightfoot’s well-known hits as well as some deep album cuts woven together with his own behind-the-scene stories and personal anecdotes. After more than 50 active years of hit song making and international album sales well into the multi-millions, it's safe to say that esteemed singer-songwriter and musician Gordon Lightfoot resides with some very exclusive company atop the list of all-time greats. His song catalog is incredibly vast and includes such immortals as “Early Morning Rain,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Carefree Highway,” “Sundown,” “(That's What You Get) For Lovin Me,” “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald," "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," "Ribbon Of Darkness," "Beautiful," "Song For A Winter's Night" and "Rainy Day People" to name a few. Gordon Lightfoot on Facebook

These slimmed-down episodes are perfect for attention spans shortened by TikTok. I don't need to see the whole story — not even how it ends — as long as the conveyor belt of clips keeps rolling.

Dostoevsky's epic novel about murder, morality and suffering is now a 90-minute comic romp at The Globe.

What if you could discover your girlfriend’s secrets? Tommaso and Zoe have been together for ten years. A stubborn writer, he answers the "Agony Aunt" column of a women’s magazine under the pseudonym Marquez, a secret he has never revealed to Zoe. One day, amongst several letters, he receives one from a girl asking for advice on how to break up with her boyfriend. It is Zoe, his girlfriend. He decides to answer her privately under his pseudonym asking for more details and discovers problems he was unaware of. Meanwhile, another love story is unfolding between the mayor of Rome, Elena and her husband who is thinking about leaving her. Directed by, starring and co-written by Edoardo Leo, this romantic comedy asks how difficult it is to separate after a long relationship and pays homage to the gorgeous eternal city, Rome. For more information about the film, please visit here. Stay Social! Facebook & Instagram