Daily Schedule

We kick off a five-part series on HIV-AIDS with Dr. Robert Gallo and Dr. Jay Levy, who explain how the virus was discovered, how it works in the body, and where the latest research into a cure stands. Then, award-winning biographer Lyndall Gordon gives a surprising portrayal of one of America's most significant literary figures: Emily Dickinson. And Agnes Jaoui discusses her latest film, “Let It Rain.” Plus, we’re all charged up about latest Please Explain segment—it’s all about batteries!

The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.

Studio 360 puts evolution to the test. On the Origin of Species is 150 years old, but the work of Charles Darwin remains as influential as ever. Darwin's descendant, Ruth Padel, writes poems about her famous relative. Spencer Wells gathers DNA around the world to determine where we came from. An amateur paleontologist finds a way to believe in both God and the fossil record. Plus the world premiere of a short science fiction story by Lydia Millet, imagining the downside of messing too much with genes.

Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.

A man in a mid-life crisis takes a terrifying parachute jump; an Iraq war veteran comes out of the closet; a daughter "pulls the plug" on her ailing father; a fireman tries to save two children; and a would-be Romeo laments the agony of platonic love.

Hear music by the young American composer Eric Whitacre, some dazzling unaccompanied vocal writing from his record "Cloudburst" on this New Sounds.