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  • Ayesha Rascoe discusses the future of immunity against COVID-19 with Theodora Hatziioannou, a research associate professor at the Rockefeller University.
  • Former President Trump is playing a big role on the Republican side — in states like Pennsylvania and North Carolina — endorsing Republican candidates who pledged loyalty to him.
  • Mariana de Miguel, who performs as Girl Ultra, talks about her shift from R&B to house music on her new EP, 'El Sur.'
  • Chris Singleton's mother was murdered at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in 2015. He's since made it his mission to root out racism one person at a time.
  • The successes and limits of America's drug war play out in New Mexico's Espanola Valley, an epicenter of heroin abuse. Despite a crackdown by law enforcement, the region continues to have the nation's highest per capita overdose death rate.
  • The Bush administration has released a new set of initiatives to combat methamphetamine use in the country. Robert Siegel talks with Peter Reuter, a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland and co-director of the RAND drug policy research center, about the new plan, and about the priorities and effectiveness of U.S. drug policy.
  • A Delaware judge has ruled that an edgy set of anti-smoking ads aimed at young people does not cross the line of vilifying tobacco companies or their employees. A Lorillard Tobacco Co. official said the company would appeal the ruling.
  • New tests confirm that Ludwig van Beethoven suffered from lead poisoning. The legendary composer, who experienced decades of illness that left him in misery for most of his life, died in 1827. Researchers aren't sure why his lead levels were so high, but they have some ideas.
  • On the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, we listen to his introspective song, "In My Life," which was released in 1965. The former Beatle and peace activist John Lennon was murdered outside his New York City apartment at age 40 on Dec. 8, 1980.
  • Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency that he leads win the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Elbaradei was cited for addressing "one of the greatest dangers facing the world."
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