The Diane Rehm Show, January 5, 2009

In a follow-up to her international best-seller Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi discusses growing up in Iran before the fall of the Shah, her family's complicated personal and political history, and how the Islamic revolution changed the country she loved.

Fresh Air, January 5, 2009

In her new book, Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals, Temple Grandin examines common notions of animal happiness and concludes that dogs, cats, horses, cows and zoo animals - among other creatures - possess an emotional system akin to that of humans. One of the nation's top designers of livestock facilities, Grandin also happens to be autistic. Her previous books include Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior and Thinking in Pictures.