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Jonathan Coulton sings songs by Freddie MERCURY with lyrics changed to be about elements on the periodic table. Cecil Baldwin and Kate Jones compete to find out who is Queen of the Noble Gases.

Liane speaks with newspaper editors from around the country about how President Bush's first week in office is playing outside the Beltway. Included in the discussion are Bert Robinson, City Editor with the San Jose Mercury News; Kate Nelson, Columnist and Editorial Board member with the Albuquerque Tribune; and Candace Page, Political Reporter with the Burlington Free Press.

Kate Seelye in Beirut reports the U.N. Secretary General is expected in Lebanon soon to discuss efforts to arrange the release of 3 Israeli soldiers, captured by Hizbollah guerrillas during a border clash last Saturday. Hizbollah wants to swap the Israelis for Arab prisoners held in Israel, but the exact terms of the exchange are far from clear.

Kate Seelye in Damascus reports that while Syria's new President Bashar al-Assad has yet to initiate any major reforms, there have been changes since the death of Assad's father, who ruled the country with an iron fist for three decades. For the first time, Syrians are able to speak their minds without fear of retaliation; and more and more are doing so.

Sandra Newman tells the story of a woman whose recurring dream feels increasingly real. The Heavens is historical fiction, time traveling fantasy, political allegory, social realism and a love story.

Some people are finding pharmacies still don't have supply of the shots, and others are having insurance coverage troubles. Here's what's going on.

A Czech hobbyist who returned a Colorado veteran's bracelet he found at a former World War II prisoner of war camp finally got to meet the veteran, traveling halfway around the world to do so.

Lydia Millet's latest is a novel about death, disguised as a short story collection about real estate, alternately wrenching and hilarious, and full of joys on every scale.

Lydia Smith, 87, is one of the 2.6 million women ages 65 and over living at or below the poverty line. Older women are more than twice as likely as men to live in poverty.

A Czech hobbyist traveled halfway around the world to return a bracelet he found at a former World War II prison camp to a Colorado veteran. (Story first aired on ATC on May 15, 2022.)