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NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks to author Vanessa Chan about her new novel "The Storm We Made," about a Malayan mother who becomes a spy for Japanese invaders.

Music journalist Jonathan Scott explores the early history of recorded sound: from the first-known recordings in the 1800s to the most significant vinyl records of the 1940s.

A delicate cleanup is underway in historic Lahaina on Maui. Cultural monitors are working closely with federal officials to assure the process protects cultural and archeological artifacts.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Northwestern University political science professor Jeffrey Winters about what some have called the oligarchy shaping American politics and society.

Liz Phair's Exile In Guyville is being reissued with a massive 25th anniversary box set. It features seven LPs, the official release of the Girly-Sound tapes and a book detailing the album's history.

NPR’s Scott Detrow talks to assistant curator at Nashville’s Parthenon Museum about her idea to repatriate hundreds of pre-Columbian artifacts back to Mexico.

Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.

Stanley Nelson, the editor of a small-town weekly newspaper in Louisiana, exposed secrets about unsolved murders by the Ku Klux Klan. Nelson died this week at the age of 69.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler was just three generations from the White House, since his father and grandfather both fathered children in their 70s. The chemical engineer helped preserve his family's legacy.

On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech at the March on Washington. Part of his speech was impromptu and those words became a pillar of the civil rights movement.