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NPR's Brooke Gladstone talks with historian Stephen Ambrose about a mission that unfolded in the early hours of D-Day to seize a strategically important bridge. Ambrose is the author of a book about the mission, Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 (Touchstone Books, 1988).

In part one of a two-part interview, Host Bob Edwards talks with singer, songwriter John Prine about his latest CD In Spite Of Ourselves. Prine has been recording since 1971 and has won a Grammy and the respect of his peers, many of whom have recorded his tunes. Prine was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1997. John Prine's latest CD, In Spite Of Ourselves, is available on Oh Boy Records; ASIN: B00000K3LI.

NPR's Alex Chadwick profiles photographer Luis Marden for The Geographic Century series, a co-production of NPR and The National Geographic Society. Marden was a pioneering photographer for much of the 20th century. Among other things, he discovered the wreck of the Bounty.

Those who got their Easter baskets last week may find only one thing left in the plastic grass: Peeps. They're the tiny marshmallow confections shaped like chicks and bunnies, dyed bright pink, yellow and blue. For artist David Ottogalli, they're the building blocks of art. Don visits a gallery where Ottogalli has installed Peepsshow -- an exhibit of flags, magnets and a chicken coop made from Peeps.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from the city of Hue, site of some of the bloodiest action of the war. During the infamous Tet Offensive in 1968, Viet Cong Guerrillas attacked American and South Vietnamese forces at Hue, and took the city. Americans eventually re-captured Hue, but at terrific cost. Today, the city has been largely restored and is considered the cultural heartland of Vietnam.

In part one of a three part series looking back on the Iran hostage crisis NPR's Ted Clark reports that twenty years ago this week, Iranian students stormed the U.S embassy in Tehran. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days.

In the final part of a two-part series, NPR's Madeleine Brand concludes the report on the Supermax prison in Boscobel, Wis. The facility is full of solitary confinement cells, and is one of about three dozen such prisons in the country, which are designed to house inmates who are too disruptive and violent for maximum security prisons.

Host Renee Montagne talks with photographer Arnold Newman. An exhibition of Newman's work is on display at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. During his career, Newman has photographed some of the most notable people in the world; from Francisco Franco to Truman Capote. He's also photographed every American President from Kennedy to Clinton. Newman is credited with creating a unique photographic style called "environmental" portraits.

The outage was one of the biggest in recent months for the island's crumbling electrical grid, which has seen its periodic blackouts grow worse the last few years.

Commentator Baxter Black sings his version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."