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W. Kamau Bell, who hosts the new FX show Totally Biased, talks about how he got labeled as a "political comedian." Writer Michael Lewis was given unusual access to the president to write an article for Vanity Fair.

Also making headlines: a new accuser steps forward in the Penn State scandal; former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev says new elections should be held because of fraud; climate talks may stall.

Also: Immigration bill to be unveiled soon; Dish bids $25.5 billion for Sprint; a nice guy finishes first at the Masters; and it's tax day.

This month, Minnesota's Department of Transportation picked a design for the new Interstate 35W bridge, to replace the one that collapsed in August. Guests discuss new ways to build safer bridges, and why the U.S. gets a nearly failing grade when it comes to maintaining infrastructure.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Evan Osnos about his New Yorker piece in which he explores how the coal industry has become a political player in the state, and what that could mean for future regulation.

After treatment for a mild case of pneumonia at Methodist Hospital in Houston, the former president is being held there for observation while he regains his strength, spokesman Jim McGrath says.

Nearly four decades after the end of the Civil War, W.E.B. Du Bois set out to collect images that accurately portrayed the spirit of America's blacks. He wanted the photographs to help counteract stereotypes of African Americans as poor and uneducated. NPR's Michele Norris talks with the author of a new book about Du Bois' collection.

This week on the charts, only one new album debuts in the top 50: Alter Ego by LISA of the K-pop group BLACKPINK and the latest season of White Lotus.

"We are surely a kinder and gentler nation because of you," President Obama told the nation's 41st president. The occasion was a ceremony to present the 5,000th Points of Light Award.

Filmmaker Oliver Stone couldn't wait for President Bush to leave office before he made a movie about him. And despite Stone's famously left-leaning views, his treatment of The Decider is surprisingly empathetic — though ultimately the film doesn't do justice to its characters.