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The filmmaker behind Hairspray and other camp hits plays a quiz about something not campy at all. (This segment originally broadcast on April 22, 2011.)

More and more hip-hop artists are rising to fame with the support and mentorship of hip-hop collectives. Ozy.com's Melissa Pandika explains that if you want to be a brand, it helps to have a team.

Fears that the militant Sunni group would advance on the capital have receded, but communities close to the city remain nervous and armed. NPR's Arun Rath talks to The Guardian's Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who was recently embedded with Iraqi Shiite militias around Baghdad.

After 12 years as Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is poised to jump to the president's office in Sunday's election. Secular Turks fear he will push the nation toward autocracy.

Before the summer of 1964, major labels had little interest in Mexican-American bands. Then came The Premiers.

David Greene talks to University of Wisconsin bioethicist and former FDA adviser Alta Charo about ethical issues related to experimental treatments for the Ebola virus.

It has been called the lost luggage capital of the world. Bags and suitcases that can't be reunited with their owners end up in northern Alabama at the Unclaimed Baggage Center.

An audit of state government by the National Conference of State Legislatures is currently under “review” by Kentucky political leaders but the report…

The 155-year-old eel died at home, in a well in the small fishing village where he'd been living since 1859.

Also, an interview with Ursula Le Guin; notable books coming out this week.