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Don't let the prickly skin deter you. Beneath that tough exterior is a bold, luscious fruit with tons of potential, from savory main courses to dessert.

This is the time of year when TV executives decide which shows should continue into the fall season, and which should be canceled. While poor ratings can help doom a series, a host of other factors contributes to the decision.

Fallon is thankful for slow walkers, people named Lloyd and the word "moist." The comedian and host of Late Night collects more than 100 nuggets of gratitude in his book Thank You Notes. He talks with Terry Gross about giving thanks and doing impressions.

A cousin of shooter Jaylen Fryberg died after a weeks-long battle against injuries sustained in the incident, a local hospital says.

Author Attica Locke's novel Black Water Rising is a murder mystery set in a racially divided Houston in 1981. As part of NPR's look at the Houston of 2009, NPR's Steve Inskeep and Locke take a boat ride down the Buffalo Bayou — the scene of an eerie episode in her youth.

U.S. civilian administrator Jay Garner expects an interim government to be running Iraq by the middle of May. The country holds its first election in the northern city of Mosul, where tribal and ethnic leaders elect a local city council and mayor who will run the city alongside the U.S. military. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

The legendary composer and singer showed up at NPR's Culver City studios just before the dead of night to talk about her "helium voice," overcoming polio and painting songs with Bob Dylan.

Sue Miller and Alexander McCall Smith deliver vivid character studies in their latest novels, while Christopher Hitchens reflects on his personal and political evolution, Rick Reilly jumps into some sports from hell, and Paul Greenberg takes a hard look at fish farming.

In the author's latest novel, The Devil in Silver, a man is mistakenly committed to a mental hospital where a buffalo-headed monster stalks patients at night. LaValle tells Fresh Air why he picked monsters, about his family history of mental illness and how he had his own brush with psychological problems.

Public disapproval of the Affordable Care Act has pushed President Obama to his lowest ratings yet, according to a new poll. But does it matter? And how will the Cheney sisters' disagreement over gay marriage play out in the polls? Host Michel Martin asks journalists Callie Crossley and Keli Goff.

The actress is nominated for her fifth Tony Award for the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess. "There's very few quiet moments for Bess," she says. "They're all very big, very emotional. ... And to commit to that night after night after night is very difficult."

Zany presidential candidates, Clint Eastwood's chair, and vice-presidential trips to Costco. 2012 was a significant, and perhaps odd, year for politics. Host Michel Martin is joined by former White House staffers to review some of the best and worst political moments of the year.