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  • Some affected private companies are so frustrated by their inability to defend against attacks that they have opted to go on the offense themselves. Some cybersecurity firms are now marketing cyberweapons and attack strategies to companies that want to go after their adversaries.
  • The killing of Chokri Belaid, a prominent politician and human rights activist, is pitting Tunisians against each other. Just two years after overthrowing a dictator, Tunisians are increasingly divided over their government and the country's future.
  • Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Beth Orton, Shane MacGowan, Courtney Love, Dr. John, Iggy Pop, Johnny Depp and more form a bleak-music Murderer's Row on this 140-minute collection of pirate-themed music.
  • Poet and critic Craig Morgan Teicher says The Colossus, Plath's first book of poetry (and the only one published in her lifetime), shows us glimpses of the poet she would later become. Do you have a favorite Plath poem? Tell us in the comments.
  • Does anyone make anything that beats a low-cost index fund? There are at least two short answers to this, which are (1) Don't ask me, and (2) No.
  • We've got some exciting news to share today: Our own Anya Grundmann, Director and Executive Producer of NPR Music, is part of the 2013 Billboard Power 100 list.
  • Also: A senate committee is to take up the Hagel nomination; the manhunt for a former L.A. police officer moves to Mexico; wrestling may be out at the 2020 Olympic Games; and it's Fat Tuesday.
  • This week, host Bob Boilen sits down with Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry to chat about the universal allure of love songs, and to share some of his favorite music. Ferry has had a long and transformative career, from his years in the rock group Roxy Music, to a solo career spanning forty years.
  • Women are paid less than men, even when they're doing the same jobs. Here's where the wage gap is smallest — and largest.
  • Hear the queen of rockabilly perform songs from her 31st studio album, Unfinished Business, and discuss the differences in her collaborations with Jack White and Justin Townes Earle.
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