Shawn Lawrence Otto, author of Fool Me Twice:Fighting the Assault on Science in America (Rodale, 978-1605292175), will be on NPR's "Science Friday." Also on "Science Friday,"Andrew Zolli will talk about his book Resilience:Why Things Bounce Back (Free Press, 978-1451683806).

Nikki Stern, author or Hope in Small Doses (Humanist Press), will be a guest on WPRR's Reality Check at 3 p.m. CST.