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As part of our series about students and teachers, musicologist Bruce Nemerov describes the way that one song is recorded by several different musicians in different decades of the 20th century. The older musicians are teaching the younger musicians through the song "Sitting on Top of the World." We hear the song as recorded by Al Jolson, The Mississippi Sheiks, Howlin' Wolf, Eric Clapton, Bill Monroe and The Grateful Dead.

Intel has announced the launch of a chip that's made in America. Analysts say the Core Ultra Series Three could help the California-based company regain its dominance in the chip industry.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the American operation an "outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation" of the United Nations Charter and international law.

Heman Bekele, winner of 3M's Young Scientist Challenge, wants to make cancer treatment cheaper and more accessible.



This week, Wait Wait is live in Phoenix with host Peter Sagal, special guest judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, special guest Andy Richter and panelists Shantira Jackson

, Luke Burbank, and Alonzo Bodden.

Ari Berman of Mother Jones warns that a Republican strategy to tighten access to the ballot box could have a major impact on the 2018 elections. "It could be tainted by voter suppression," he says.

Scott Laughlin spent over 40 years as a radio host in Central Illinois. Most of that was in Bloomington-Normal. In 2000, he moved to WJBC, the community’s heritage news talk station, where he would soon take over as the morning show host and became the station’s top personality for close to 20 years.

Newly divorced and suffering from depression, author Haroon Moghul moved to Dubai for a while, hoping to find a reason to live. Strangely enough, sharing a laugh over his "fat" passport photo helped.

When Johanna Basford first told her publisher she wanted to draw books for adults — well, she says, "You can imagine how quiet they were." Today, both of her books have become sellout successes.

From forays into Jamaica's Blue Mountains to battles with stinky fruit in Thailand, Robb Walsh has gone to great lengths to sample the world's culinary phenomena. The food critic recounts his most recent adventures in a new book, Are You Really Going to Eat That? NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Walsh.