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In this hour, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Louis' former home in Queens.

Four survivors of the Indianapolis share unforgettable and heartbreaking memories about the tragic sinking of their battle tested ship after delivering an atomic bomb to Tinian Island in 1945, and their struggle to survive against nearly impossible odds.

Whales are aliens on Earth; intelligent beings who have skills for complex problem-solving and their own language. Now in what’s being called a breakthrough, scientists have carried on an extended conversation with a humpback whale.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by NASA Webb Project Manager Mike Davis for an overview of the telescope's operation and unique capabilities that have surpassed the expectations of the astronomical community.

Bill Siemering, NPR’s first program director and the author of its inspiring mission statement, recounts the network’s early goal of honoring diversity by including a variety of American voices.

To mark the 40th anniversary year of the release of the album "Revolver", host Paul Ingles explores The Beatles landmark album's story and influence in depth, talking with historians, musicians, music critics, and fans.

For many, the Thanksgiving holidays are a time to gather with your biological relatives. But what if you don’t have the traditional, Norman-Rockwell family?

This program presents some of the greatest Soul and R&B holiday winter classics ever recorded.

Life lessons for earthlings: behave like a crewmate, not a passenger, on planet Earth.

Listeners hear more tracks from over 50 years of recording and performing by Tina Turner - first in the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, then as a solo artist starting in the middle 1970's.