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Joe Biden became a senator at 30 and this is the first time in 44 years that he hasn't been in office. He talks with Terry Gross about patterns in U.S. politics and his hopes for the Trump presidency.

Poor Chris Stewart. The former Air Force pilot had just won a landslide victory in his first bid for Congress in Utah, but the crowd of Republicans listening to his acceptance speech at a Salt Lake City hotel kept pointing to the massive television screen behind him.

Urban orchards are dropping everything from apples to avocados on Seattle, Bloomington, Ind., Boston and several other cities. Advocates say orchards can have longer lasting impact than gardens.

Cholesterol worries have waned as margarine's trans-fats became the new bogeyman, leading more Americans back to the real deal.

San Diego State researchers are using a "Veil of Darkness" to examine claims of police racial profiling.

Airs Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Emergency aid workers are rushing this week to get food aid to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines -- just the latest reminder of how vulnerable the food supply can be when disaster hits.

The pair fed and clothed Central American migrants on their way through Mexico. One of them, a transvestite, had been doing it for more than a decade and had received death threats.

A private equity firm announced the acquisition of Carlsbad-based Hot Dog on a Stick, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February, in a deal reportedly worth $12.2 million.

Serros wrote about being a bicultural Chicana who was influenced by both her working-class, Mexican-American heritage and Southern California pop culture. She died Sunday at the age of 48.