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This week's arts podcast includes a talk with country star Shania Twain, a look at the art that's bubbling up in Libya, a few time-crunched books ripped from the headlines, and new cultural happenings in New York and Los Angeles.

Dieter Schlesak's "documentary novel," translated from German, puts Auschwitz's pharmacist on trial. The book employs interviews with concentration camp survivors, letters and camp records, and testimony and evidence from the druggist's actual trial, which took place in the 1960s.

Systematic thinking errors are deeply embedded in all of us. Our brains are wired to prevent us from understanding the world as it is.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the midst of a 90-day review to see whether U.S. reactors are vulnerable to catastrophic failure based on what has been learned from Japan. At a hearing Thursday, an official said the agency had not identified any major issues; however, the wisdom of voluntary guidelines for severe accidents was questioned.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is trying to both defend and disavow the landmark universal health law he signed into law in 2006. But the GOP presidential hopeful's protestations make him sound very much like, well, President Obama.

Will Ferrell plays it straight and sad (if not sober) in an adaptation of a Raymond Carver story about an off-the-wagon alcoholic who's forced to take inventory of his life — and decides to sell most of his possessions.

The romance between Ruben and Rachel Salazar began with a misdirected email. Ruben and Rachel shared similar email addresses, and he received a note meant for her. The two began chatting long distance, and love blossomed, even though they had never met.

Mahmoud Jibril, prime minister of the so-called Transitional National Council, is making the rounds in Washington. His goal: to persuade the U.S. to recognize the body as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people — and to give it some of the $30 billion in Libyan assets the U.S. has frozen.

The first "public relations" that a product has is its name, so it has to be good. Because a product's name can have an impact on sales, there are many do's and don'ts for coming up with one. Marketing experts reveal the tricks of the trade.

A Newark, N.J., teen is suing police for detaining her after she used a cellphone to videotape on-duty officers. As technology makes it easier to shoot video, clashes like hers are becoming more common — and are fueling a national discussion on the legality of taping law enforcement officials.