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A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry and House Speaker Newt ingrich on the budget; White House aide Carolyn Hueber and Sen. Lauch Faircloth R-N.C.) on Whitewater; astronomer Geoffrey Marcy on the discovery of new lanets; former Rep. Barbara Jordan (D-Texas); and the late, great ool player Minnesota Fats.

Carolyn Jack reports from Toronto on the growing demands for the resignation of Canada's top military officer. General Jean Boyle has come under fire in the course of an official inquiry into the killings of Somali civilians by Canadian peacekeepers. The inquiry has uncovered allegations of a coverup of the military's handling of the 1993 torture and murder of a Somali teenager. The calls for Boyle's removal escalated when he defended himself by questioning his staff's integrity and moral fiber.

On the anniversary of last year's narrow defeat of an independence referendum in Quebec, Carolyn Jack reports that the province remains as bitterly divided as ever. One sign of the tension is a renewed battle over public signs. After the referendum, Quebec's pro-independence government stepped up its enforcement of language laws requiring that most public signs be in French. English-speaking activists are challenging the laws; in response, the government hired more "language police" to enforce them.

On this week's show, we catch up with some of the trailblazers and award winners of the Louisiana food scene and beyond.

In this episode of "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Washington Post columnist Carolyn Hax remembers a kind colleague who checked in when she was having a hard time.

James Baker, who served in two Republican White Houses, is writing about causes that don't figure prominently in the modern Republican agenda. He's advocating a global ban on the sale of ivory.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with playwright Annie Baker about her play, The Flick, which won the Pulitzer Prize last year.

Scientists racing to protect coral amid an ocean heat wave that is blistering reefs off south Florida got some rare good news this month. Some of the rescued corals made babies in their lab.

Scientists racing to protect coral amid an ocean heat wave blistering reefs off South Florida got some rare good news this month. Some of the rescued corals made babies in their lab.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is a Republican in one of the bluest states in the country. He's also the most popular governor and is expected to easily win reelection.