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NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr outlines the history of nuclear weapons proliferation across the globe, focusing on action the United States may need to take to curb the spread of arms.

Neda Ullaby reports on the recent history of Anti-Christmas tunes. From Bananarama to Dr. Demento, many musicians have had it with the traditional carol and are ready to express their Christmas angst.

The topic is circumcision. Author David Gollaher. He is president and CEO of the public policy group, California Healthcare Institute and is the author of Circumcision: A History of the Worlds Most Controversial Surgery.

Jockey Jimmy Winkfield was the last African American to win the Kentucky Derby, 100 years ago this year. For Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR's Howard Berkes reports on Winkfield's legacy and the history of African Americans in horseracing.

Dennis McNally is the publicist for the Grateful Dead, and the band's official historian. He's also the author of the new book, A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead. He is also author of the book, Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation.

In her new memoir, Living History, she writes about growing up in the 1950s, her life in the White House, the Senate, and her husband's sex scandal.

Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman takes a look at the history of the blues. Wyman remembers the music and artists that influenced the Stones and other rock 'n' roll bands. (8:51

talks with Stephen Nissenbaum, author of >The Battle for Christmas, about the history of the holiday.

Scott speaks with former Israeli president Chaim Herzog about his experiences in World War II, as a British army officer, and his role in the formation of the Jewish state. His new autobiography is titled "Living History -- A Memoir." [Pantheon Books]

Jacki Lyden discusses the history of political cartoons ith Sandy Northrop, co-author of a new book "Drawn and Quartered" (Elliot and lark). The art of lampooning our leaders and their policies has been popular ince colonial times.