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On Thursday, a bid to extend the payroll tax cut failed in the Senate, and Republicans blocked the president's nominee to head a new financial watchdog agency. But the White House is still convinced President Obama is winning the broader political argument.

Airs Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Iron lung-bound writer, Mark O'Brien, rediscovers and redefines his sexuality in a film based on his true story, "The Sessions" (opens November 2 in select San Diego theaters). Warning: This review contains explicit language.

Airs Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Two San Diegans have crafted a musical love letter to the 1980s and the lost art of the mixtape. Lamb's Players' downtown location, the Horton Grand Theater, provides the stage for this nostalgic tour through the decade that gave us big hair, Journey, and jazzercise. Culture Lust's Angela Carone produced this audio postcard.

Critic David Orr surveys the "jumbled landscape" of American poetry to select his favorite collections of the year: five books that will alternately comfort and challenge you.

When Republicans took over the majority in the House of Representatives, they had a strong sense of unity and purpose. Their mood is more sober a year later, after a series of partisan political fights throughout 2011 blocked their agenda and tarnished their image among voters. So this past weekend, the House GOP gathered in Baltimore to regroup and set out their priorities for 2012.

Chairman Ben Bernanke is proposing no new steps by the Federal Reserve to boost the economy while hinting that Congress may need to act to stimulate hiring and growth.

Airs Friday, April 1, 2011 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Monday, February 27, 2012 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV