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Steve Krueger of member station KPLU in Seattle reports that Microsoft, a company that was once a political recluse, is now a major contributor to both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns.

The deepening political scandal in Illinois continues to ignite strong debate among residents about the integrity of leadership in the state. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell returns to the program, and joined by Chicago Tribune Reporter Mike Dorning to discuss their state's political crisis.

After President-elect Trump convinced Carrier to keep some 1,000 jobs in Indiana, what else can we expect? Jonah Goldberg of the National Review weighs in with Pittsburgh-based journalist Salena Zito.

Robert Siegel talks about the week in politics with EJ Dionne of the Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times about the politics of Ebola.

NPR met with Savanna Madamombe, a political activist in Zimbabwe, last month. NPR's Audie Cornish spoke to Madamombe about whether she's still hopeful for a new Zimbabwe following the unrest.

2: Israeli political scientist EHUD SPRINZAK. SPRINZAK has written a book called "The Ascendence of Israel's Radical Right" (Oxford University Press 1991). He follows the emergence in Israel since 1984 of a radical right-wing movement shaped by religious fundamentalism, extreme nationalism and aggresive anti-Arab sentiment. SPRINZAK believes that the influence of the radical right pervades Israeli politics and culture as well as Arab-Israeli relation. He sees Israel's radical right exercising increasing control over the Jewish settlements in the West Bank. SPRINZAK is a professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Commentator David Frum says the problem with political conventions is not that they're boring. It's that they are staged, which is not going to change as long as there are television cameras are there.

Becki Gray of the John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield of the North Carolina Justice Center find plenty of agreement this week in North Carolina…

This week, the race for 2016 ramps up in Iowa, a look at President Obama's push for tougher gun regulations, and a preview of his final State of the Union address.

Scott Simon speaks with Italian journalist and author Beppe Severgnini to understand what comes next for Italy.