On today’s show: Judith and Bill Moyers are joined by their son, William Cope Moyers, to discuss how families deal with addiction. Mike Daisey talks about his latest show, about how life on-line is influencing life off-line; he’ll also address the controversy surrounding his This American Life piece on Foxconn factories in China. Directors Jon Alpert and Matt O’Neill on the Academy Award-nominated short “Redemption,” about people who survive by collecting bottles and cans. Plus, Please Explain is all about the role hearing plays in shaping our memories and our brains.

Benjamin Walker and Ciaran Hinds talk about the new Broadway revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Music executive Tommy Mottola tells how he became the hitmaking producer of Gloria Estephan, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion. Plus, find out what the rising global middle class means for diplomacy in the 21st century.

Walmart is the nation’s top seller of both firearms and ammunition. Reporter George Zornick tells us how the chain retailer helped make the AR-15 the most popular assault weapon in the country. Singer-songwriter and celebrated guitarist Richard Thompson talks about his latest album, “Electric.” British pop icon Lulu discusses her career, her hits like “To Sir With Love” and “Shout,” and making her U.S. debut. Plus, Jeffrey Frank looks at the complex relationship between Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.

Michelle Rhee talks about her controversial tenure as chancellor of Washington D.C.’s public schools and what she’s doing now to improve our schools. We’ll mark the 50th anniversary of the New York Review of Books, with editor Bob Silvers and contributors John Banville and Darryl Pinckney. Then, Charles Duhigg talks about The Power of Habit, the February pick of the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club! Plus, Ed Whitacre talks about bringing General Motors back from the brink of bankruptcy.

Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne explains that our politicians can’t agree on where we’re going as a country, because they can’t agree on where we’ve been. We take a look at the earliest mavericks of Silicon Valley. Teddy Wayne talks about his latest novel, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine. And we’ll look at school desegregation—and why a group of African Americans challenged the policy in a 2007 Supreme Court case.

On today’s show: find out how the FBI built up a network of over 15,000 informants in the years after 9/11, and how they infiltrated our country’s Muslim communities. America Ferrera talks about playing a financially strapped woman who will go to extraordinary lengths to save her home from foreclosure in the off-Broadway play “Bethany.” Director Fisher Stevens describes working with Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin on the new film “Stand Up Guys.” And our latest Please Explain!