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As Congress considers a bipartisan bill to keep premium prices down on the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, a long-standing fight over abortion reappears.

The cost of health plans that allow more choices of doctors and hospitals is rising almost twice as much as those with rigid networks, finds an analysis of markets around the country.

A conversation with Yo-Yo Ma about the Cello Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach.

A panel of music scholars joins host Paul Ingles to recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. Part 1 of 2.

This episode pays tribute to Aretha Franklin – the Queen of Soul – with “Lady of Mysterious Sorrow”

A deep dive into the remarkable career of Ray Charles, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is still clearly felt today.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Jim Mills, who was liberated from a erman prisoner-of-war camp fifty years ago this weekend. Mills talks about his apture at the battle of the Bulge, and the harsh conditions he endured at three ifferent P.O.W. camps, until troops from General Patton's Third Army freed ills and other captives just a week before the war came to an end.

SCOTT INTERVIEWS CELLIST JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER, BROTHER OF BROADWAY COMPOSER ANDREW. MR. LLOYD WEBBER HAS COME OUT WITH A CD OF CHILDREN'S LULLABIES. THE CD INCLUDES THE FIRST SONG HE'S EVER WRITTEN AND IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE BIRTH OF HIS SON. 10:00 (Lullaby: Sweet Dreams for Children of All Ages. On Philips Classics by Julian Lloyd W

NPR's Peter Kenyon examines Capitol Hill's response to the selection of Dick Cheney as George W. Bush's running mate. Republican leaders expressed strong support for the former Defense Secretary and multiple-term Wyoming Congressman. Democrats immediately began attacking Cheney's voting record in Congress, characterizing him as extremely conservative.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Philadelphia, where the Republicans are holding their Platform Committee hearings in preparation for next week's presidential nominating convention. Republicans, following the lead of their presumed nominee, George W. Bush, are taking some of the tougher-edged rhetoric out of this year's document. But it remains a strongly conservative platform, as abortion-rights advocates were once again thwarted in their efforts to modify the plank.