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It's been a contest of surprises, with a series of candidates rising to the top to fill the anybody-but-Romney role. So it really shouldn't come as a surprise that on the day of the first-in-the-South primary in South Carolina, it's uncertain what the outcome will be or what comes next.

Actor Michael Fassbender talks about playing a sex addict in Shame and mushroom expert Nicholas Money explores the cultural and scientific history of fungal organisms. Also, reviews from critics Milo Miles and John Powers.

This past week, the twin anti-piracy bills known as SOPA and PIPA were dealt perhaps a fatal blow by a popular uprising instigated by major technology companies. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz speaks with James Fallows of The Atlantic about the ongoing battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

Four teams remain in the NFL playoffs. In the National Conference, the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers; in the American Conference, the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens. Both pairs face off Sunday to determine who reaches Super Bowl XLVI. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz speaks with NPR's Mike Pesca about the games and which outcome might make for the most intriguing Super Bowl matchup.

Newt Gingrich has beaten Mitt Romney in South Carolina. The question now becomes whether he can pull off that trick enough times in enough states to deny Romney the Republican presidential nomination.

Shalom Church in Port-au-Prince is just a plywood stage under a patchwork of tattered tarps, but its membership has grown rapidly since the devastating earthquake two years ago. The evangelical mission now claims to have more than 50,000 members and one of the most popular radio stations in Haiti.

NPR got a rare behind-the-scenes look at the CIA's Open Source Center, where research analysts troll social media for a new kind of secret — those hiding in plain sight. Nowadays, CIA analysts are also under more pressure to identify potential crises, with as little as a tweet or a status update to go on.

As technology gets better — and cheaper — it's becoming easier for authoritarian governments to watch and record their populations' every move. John Villasenor of the Brookings Institution joins host Rachel Martin to discuss the phenomenon.

Komotini is a village in the Greek province of Thrace. Its Muslim population dates back to the time of Ottoman occupation. They still speak Turkish and Shariah law still applies to Muslim residents in family matters, a state of affairs that has inflamed some politicians in Athens. Meanwhile, residents say their bigger problem is poverty.

NPR's Tamara Keith reports on former Speaker Newt Gingrich's finish in Saturday's South Carolina primary.