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NPR's Michelle Kelemen reports on the U.S. State Department's annual report on global terrorism. Overall, it seems state-sponsored terrorism has given way to smaller groups which are more difficult to fight.

Host Bob Edwards talks with professor Ted Olson about the works of Appalachian writer James Still, who died at 94 this weekend. Still's work was widely popular in the 1930's, but he never received as much notoriety as other writers of the time. Now a new collection of his poetry will be published by The University Press of Kentucky in June. It's called From the Mountain, From the Valley.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on a new ranking of the world's best business schools. The list shows some surprising results from asking over a thousand corporate recruiters to rank schools based on some unusual factors.

Writer MICHAEL CHABON (SHAY-bon). Chabon won a year 2001 Pulitzer prize for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Random House). His other books include The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and a collection of stories called Werewolves in Their Youth. Last year his book Wonder Boys was adapted into a film starring Michael Douglas. He has also written for many publications including The New Yorker, Harper's, and Esquire.

Commentator and poet Andrei Codrescu offers his unique perspective on world events, free trade, human rights, and consumerism. Ideologies are giving way to the marketplace, he says.

NPR's Scott Simon muses on some of the costumes he'd like to see this second pandemic Halloween.

Russia is seeing its highest infection and death rates since the start of the pandemic. It's beginning a controversial 10-day shutdown in an attempt to defeat the virus.

Maria Laura Rojas admits that climate change has not had an impact on her own life. But with empathy and determination, she'll speak out for the most vulnerable at the COP26 summit.

President Biden mets with other world leaders abroad, as Congressional Democrats continue to negotiate over his domestic agenda. Meanwhile, eyes are on the tight Virginia gubernatorial race.

November 1 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth Stephen Crane, author of "The Red Badge of Courage." A new biography seeks to place him among America's most celebrated writers.