On today's show:

• We try to answer the question, "What's happening at the U.S. State Department?"
• A preview of the 20th annual European Union film festival with WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik.
• And on Weekend Passport: Another film festival. The One Earth film festival bills itself as “the Midwest’s premier environmental film festival," showing 33 films in 37 locations around the Chicago area.