Terry Gross

Oscar-winning actress stepped behind the camera to direct the new dramedy Then She Found Me. She helped adapt the script as well, from the novel by Elinor Lipman. And Hunt stars in the film alongside Bette Midler — who plays her birth mother.

Paul Polak, founder of the nonprofit International Development Enterprises, has spent 25 years working to eradicate poverty. In Out of Poverty, he says simple technologies and a willingness to listen are key — and that government subsidies can do more harm than good.

Brothers David and Anton Treuer are members of the Ojibwe nation from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. Both professors, they work to preserve the Ojibwe language, one of the few Native American languages in active use.