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NPR's Renee Montagne speaks with three winners of the Pulitzer prize, whose works of biography, history and music center on remembrance. She speaks to Robert Caro, winner of the Pulitzer for Biography for his book, Master of the Senate, Rick Atkinson, winner of the Pulitzer for History for his book, An Army at Dawn, and John Adams, winner of the Pulitzer for music for his composition, "On the Transmigration of Souls."

Sullivan is the author of the critically acclaimed books, The Meadowlands and A Whale Hunt. His new book is Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants. One reviewer writes, "in prose worthy of Joseph Mitchell, a... skittering, scurrying, terrific natural history." Sullivan is a contributing editor to Vogue and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker.

Sarah Palin made history in November when she was elected governor of Alaska. Palin is the first woman to win the office, and, at the age of 42, will be the youngest governor in the state's history.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with history professor Juan Cole, author of Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture, and History of Shiite Islam, about the attacks of Sunnis on Shiites in Iraq and elsewhere. Cole also talks about the Zarqawi letter, which he translated.

Liane Hansen speaks with Greil Marcus about his new book, "The ustbin of History," a collection of essays that explore the some cultural vents which have, or should have, defined society and shaped history. The nterview focuses on two films - "American Graffiti," and "American Hot Wax." ven though the latter film is obscure, Marcus feels it is superior in apturing the "feel" of a cultural era. 10:05 (Harvard University Press).

In the 1950's and 1960's, South Africa's National Party developed apartheid into an increasingly repressive political philosophy. The African National Congress was forced underground. Part Two of Joe Richman and Sue Johnson's series "Mandela: An Audio History" recalls the political history of the period, culminating with the arrest, trial and conviction of Nelson Mandela.

Filmmaker Pearl Gluck's documentary film, Divan, tells the story of an heirloom couch through oral histories that trace her family's history back to Hungary. The film also depicts Gluck's quest to find a place in the Hasidic Jewish culture she grew up in. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Gluck.

2:Cultural critic GREIL (pronounced "Gre-ill") MARCUS. He is the author of "The Dustbin of History" (Harvard University Press) about the history embedded in cultural moments. He'll talk with Terry about one of the essays in the book about the song, "Too Soon to Tell," written by Deborah Chessler and recorded by the Orioles in 1948.

He's the head archivist for the Ralph Rinzler folklife archives and collections of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Place is featured on the upcoming History Channel special Save Our History: Save Our Sounds. It's a documentary about the great range of audio recordings made over the years and the changing audio technology. Save Our Sounds premieres Thursday Dec. 26.

The National Museum of American History said it has a long commitment to documenting "history as it unfolds." It reached out to pediatricians who shared images made by children after their release.