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Max, a happier version of Charlie Brown, and his slightly subversive sidekick pig, Pinky, have a colorful, comic relationship reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes. Their young creator, Max Eaton, developed the characters over thousands of bar-napkin doodles.

WBGO Morning Jazz host Gary Walker shares his favorite jazz recordings of 2007. Among the artists he singles out: Michael Brecker, Abbey Lincoln, Maria Schneider and Ron Carter.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with book writers — Laura Miller of Salon.com, and blogger Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation — about worthy books that got overlooked by the mainstream book-review sections in 2007. Here's a rundown of their recommendations.

The Senate passed a $286-billion farm bill on Friday expanding grower subsidies and food stamps. An earlier version of the bill contained a bipartisan amendment designed to scale back the nation's federal crop insurance program, which critics have called one of the government's most inefficient programs.

Singer/songwriter Pieta Brown grew up in Iowa and Alabama, and her songs bear the stamp of her rural past. Her father is renowned folk singer Greg Brown, and the two share a gift for looking askance at contemporary life. Brown's third CD is titled Remember the Sun.

Following is a transcript of the NPR/Iowa Public Radio Democratic candidates' debate, which took place at the Iowa State Historical Museum. In attendance were senators Biden, Clinton, Dodd and Obama, former senators Edwards and Gravel, and representative Kucinich.

In 2000, author Lou Ureneck left for a 10-day fishing trip to Alaska with his son in an attempt to repair their frayed relationship. The trip, captured in Backcast, helped Ureneck reflect on his parenting skills and on gaping holes in his own childhood.

Chocolate is a wonderful thing, but how can it help combat global climate change? Cacao trees — the source of chocolate — grow well in rainforests, and rainforests store carbon. So researchers are working to help preserve the forest and to grow more chocolate.

Marketplace's Bob Moon talks to Alex Chadwick about a federal appeals court ruling that throws out current SUV emissions standards and orders a tougher plan. Automakers complain that they've been developing future cars based on the current standard.

Off-Broadway shows had a great weekend as Broadway went dark because of striking stagehands. Tourists and regular theatergoers found their way to off-Broadway theaters, packing those smaller houses.