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This Sunday marks the anniversary of one of the worst school disasters in U.S. history-- the 1937 gas explosion at the New London Consolidated School in Rusk County, Texas. John talks to Mollie Ward, who saw the blast as a New London fourth-grader and now directs a new museum dedicated to the tragedy.

John talks with the blues and gospel group the Holmes Brothers about their latest album on Alligator records, Speaking in Tongues.

Forget stumping in the town center. In a small New Hampshire town, the trash dump is the hot spot for politicking. From New Hampshire Public Radio, Trish Anderton reports.

John talks with Joe Nocera of Fortune magazine about this week's turmoil in the stock market.

NPR's Rachel Jones reports on the effort to cut the number ofd eaths from SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Host John Ydstie talks with Michael Macrone, author of Brush Up Your Shakespeare, about all the different words and phrases created by the writer.

NPR's Andrea Dukakis reports on a new immigrant education class for arrested immigrants offered by Colorado's Eagle County courts.

One year after the world's largest gunmaker, Smith & Wesson, agreed to change the way it markets and distributes firearms, the gun manufacturer is facing financial problems. Host Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Eric Westervelt.

American drug companies say they are making AIDS drugs more affordable for African countries. This week there is word the government may also do more to help: the Bush administration is said to be considering giving up to $2 billion to African countries to battle the disease. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR Health Correspondent Richard Knox.

Vintner Robert Mondavi hopes to begin planting a vinyard in France. But the idea of a California winery isn't going over well in the heart of Gaul. NPR's Sarah Chayes reports.