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Tommy Castro and the Painkillers will play songs from their new blues opera and other favorites Friday night at The Stable Music Hall & Lounge in Bloomington.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on a global warming study by Stanford University scientists in today's issue of the journal Science. The study relied on gambling records from an annual guessing game in Anchorage, Alaska. The game began in 1917 when engineers building a railroad bridge had to stop because of ice. The engineers then passed their time by placing bets on when the ice would break up.

In June of 1951, a husband and wife -- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg -- were executed in the United States. They had been convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The star witness against them was Ethel's brother, David Greenglass. Greenglass also served 10 years in prison for spying. And then, he and his wife and children disappeared, into a fog of false identities. Decades later, New York Times reporter Sam Roberts tracked him down. Roberts recorded his conversations with Greenglass. Robert Siegel talks with Roberts about his encounters with Greenglass.

All Things Considered host Robert Siegel speaks with Sari Nusseibeh, the newly appointed top political representative for the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem, on the path for peace and the need for moderation and reason in the Middle East.

As more evidence emerges of Russian troops torturing and executing civilians in Ukraine, Germany is under pressure to cut off a major income stream currently funding Putin's war.

The Sept. 11 terror attacks have had a profound effect on Muslim Americans. In the first of a three-part series, NPR's Duncan Moon talks to Muslims in the 'Little Mecca' area of Falls Church, Va. about how racial and religious profiling is impacting their civil liberties -- and their faith.

Scott Simon talks with Chef Paul Prudhomme in New Orleans about the career of humorist and cook Justin Wilson who helped to popularize Cajun cooking in the United States.

Radio producer Marika Partridge sent us this audio postcard. It's comprised of audio tapes recorded in Afghanistan in 1969. The tapes were made when Marika's mom and dad took her and her brother on a one-year journey from India to Europe by car. We hear her family's impressions of the country more than 30 years ago, which at the time seemed to be a place of promise - where modern mixed with ancient, and a place filled with bright friendly people with an admirable spirit of independence.

NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg asks artists to select a piece of music that they'd like the country to hear right now.

The data has potential implications for public health messaging.