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Elizabeth Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for her last novel, Olive Kitteridge. Her follow-up, The Burgess Boys, is a sure-handed meditation on a family fractured by tragedy. Reviewer Lizzie Skurnick says Skurnick's "deft touch" comes through in the subtle betrayals of her characters.

Best known as Harry Potter's cruel Muggle uncle, Griffiths also was an accomplished stage actor. Actor Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry, says Griffiths' "encouragement, tutelage and humor" made him a joy to work with.

The glue in the stamps is infused with cacao oil. It's a celebratory touch that makes sense given that Belgium is famous for its chocolate.

As Democrats belatedly line up behind marriage equality and Republicans see it as a losing cause for them, all that's left is what the Supreme Court decides. Mayor Bloomberg unleashes a $12 million campaign on guns. Plus: South Dakota's Tim Johnson retires and Ashley Judd won't run in Kentucky.

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown studies vulnerability and shame. She discusses what can happen when people confront their shame head-on.

The daily call-in show will be replaced by Here and Now, which is produced by Boston's WBUR. Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan is leaving NPR after more than three decades with the network. Science Friday will continue.

What is war good for? As it turns out, some pretty useful inventions. In this round, host Ophira Eisenberg asks contestants to figure out some common household items that were first created while trying to build tools for wartime.

Jack-in-the-box toys are frightening enough, but could you imagine patiently winding the lever until: POP! goes...Vin Diesel? In this game, guest musician Julian Velard attempts to spice up the children's song "Pop Goes the Weasel" by replacing the usual clown-in-the-box with words that sound like "weasel." Of course, all answers must be sung.

NPR executives announced Friday that they will stop production of Talk of the Nation this summer. The call-in program will be replaced with Here and Now, a newsmagazine that will be a co-production of Boston member station WBUR and NPR.